Miss America

Write a summary of each video; The Berdache Tradition, Miss America and MeToo.

Sex and Gender Write a summary of each video. The Berdache Tradition https://faculty.sfcc.spokane.edu/InetShare/AutoWebs/SarahMa/williams%20the%20berdache%20tradition.pdf (Links to an external site.) Miss America https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/fifty-years-ago-protestors-took-on-miss-america-pageant-electrified-feminist-movement-180967504/ (Links to an external site.) MeToo Me Too Anthropology

How did the Miss America protest represent the agenda of the women’s liberation movement? How and why did the protest get picked up by the media?

Assignment Instructions HIS326u: The 1968 Miss America pageant protest is one of the iconic images of second-wave feminism. The clash between the feminine ideal promoted in the pageant and the so-called “bra-burning” protestors outside, as well as the way the media covered the event, encapsulated many of the tensions of the period. For this activity, you will compare […]

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