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Makeover Television: Realities Remodelled
Dana Heller Ed
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Description for Makeover Television: Realities Remodelled
Paperback. With the explosion of reality television onto screens and schedules worldwide, this book explores makeover tv, the ubiquitous reality format that has received little critical attention to date. It examines how makeover programming annexes the private space of the home, and transforms the body through surgery and rigorous discipline. Editor(s): Heller, Dana. Series: Reading Contemporary Television. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APT; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 142 x 16. Weight in Grams: 282.
With the explosion of reality television onto screens and schedules worldwide, this timely and original book explores makeover tv, the ubiquitous reality format that has received little critical attention to date. Top writers and scholars take discussion of reality tv to the next level with lively examination of a wide range of contemporary makeover shows, such as "Extreme Makeover", "The Swan", "Faking It", "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy", and "The Apprentice", that ultimately speak to television's own enduring ability to reinvent itself. The book is organized around the overarching argument that contemporary makeover programming provides the paradigmatic example of ... Read more
With the explosion of reality television onto screens and schedules worldwide, this timely and original book explores makeover tv, the ubiquitous reality format that has received little critical attention to date. Top writers and scholars take discussion of reality tv to the next level with lively examination of a wide range of contemporary makeover shows, such as "Extreme Makeover", "The Swan", "Faking It", "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy", and "The Apprentice", that ultimately speak to television's own enduring ability to reinvent itself. The book is organized around the overarching argument that contemporary makeover programming provides the paradigmatic example of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Series
Reading Contemporary Television
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845113308
SKU
V9781845113308
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-10
About Dana Heller Ed
Dana Heller is Professor of English and Director of the Humanities Institute at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. She is the author of 'Family Plots: The De-Oedipalization of Popular Culture' (1995), 'The Feminization of Quest-Romance: Radical Departures' (1990), and the editor of 'Cross Purposes: Lesbians, Feminists, and the Limits of Alliance' (1997), 'The Selling of 9/11: How a National ... Read more
Reviews for Makeover Television: Realities Remodelled
FEMINIST REVIEW'This is an interesting collection providing thought-provoking insights into what is actually being made over by the television makeover...a worthy and worthwhile collection.'- Elaine Beale