Makeover Television : Realities Remodelled
Dana. Heller
Bok Engelsk 2007 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | London : : I.B.Tauris, , 2007.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (241 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Reading the Makeover - Dana Heller; 1. Programming Reality: Control Societies, New Subjects and the Powers of Transformation - Jack Z. Bratich; 2. Mapping Genres: Broadcaster and Audience Perceptions of Makeover Television - Caroline Dover and Annette Hill; 3.'Old, New, Borrowed, Blue': Makeover Television in British Primetime - Nigel Morris; 4. Life Swap: Celebrity Expert as Lifestyle Adviser - Helen Powell and Sylvie Prasad; 5. Make Me a Celebrity: Celebrity Exercise Videos and the Origins of Makeover Television - Vanessa Russell. - 12. Extreme Makeover: Home Edition: An American Fairy Tale - Gareth Palmer13. 'Now I am ready to tell how bodies are changed into different bodies...': Ovid, The Metamorphoses - Kathryn Fraser; 14. 'Makeover Madness': The Designable Body and Cosmetic Surgery in Steven Meisel's Fashion Photography: - Anne Jerslev; Bibliography; Index. - 6. Dressing Down: The Chaotic Camcorder Makeover of a Pop Star and Popular Genre - Jennifer Gillan7. Faking It and the Transformation of Personal Identity - Joanne Morreale; 8. Self-Made Women: Cosmetic Surgery Shows and the Construction of the Female Psychopathology - Elizabeth Atwood Gailey; 9. A Perfect Lie: Visual (Dis)Pleasures and Policing Femininity in Nip/Tuck - Kim Akass and Janet McCabe; 10. The Gentle Art of Manscaping: Lessons in Hetero-Masculinity from the Queer Eye Guys - Joanna L. Di Mattia; 11. Makeover Morality and Consumer Culture - Guy Redden. - With the explosion of reality television onto screens and schedules worldwide, this timely and original book explores makeover television, the reality format that cuts across all genres and time slots, yet has until now received little critical attention. Top writers and scholars take discussion of reality TV to the next level with this lively examination of the wide range of contemporary makeover shows, including Extreme Makeover, The Swan, American Idol, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy/Girl, Trading Places and The Apprentice, that ultimately speak to television's own enduring ability to reinv
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| ISBN | 9781845113308
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