Katherine Sender

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The Makeover: Reality Television and Reflexive AudiencesHardcover, 29 October 2012

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Critical Cultural Communication
Part of Series
Critical Cultural Communication (Hardcover)
Print Length
259 pages
Language
English
Publisher
New York University Press
Date Published
29 Oct 2012
ISBN-10
0814740693
ISBN-13
9780814740699

Description

Watch this show, buy this product, you can be a whole new you!

Makeover television shows repeatedly promise self-renewal and the opportunity for reinvention, but what do we know about the people who watch them? As it turns out, surprisingly little.

The Makeover is the first book to consider the rapid rise of makeover shows from the perspectives of their viewers. Katherine Sender argues that this genre of reality television continues a long history of self-improvement, shaped through contemporary media, technological, and economic contexts. Most people think that reality television viewers are ideological dupes and obliging consumers. Sender, however, finds that they have a much more nuanced and reflexive approach to the shows they watch. They are critical of the instruction, the consumer plugs, and the manipulative editing in the shows. At the same time, they buy into the shows' imperative to construct a reflexive self: an inner self that can be seen as if from the outside, and must be explored and expressed to others. The Makeover intervenes in debates about both reality television and audience research, offering the concept of the reflexive self to move these debates forward.

Product Details

Author:
Katherine Sender
Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
29 October 2012
Dimensions:
22.86 x 15.24 x 1.91 cm
Genre:
Pop Culture
ISBN-10:
0814740693
ISBN-13:
9780814740699
Language:
English
Location:
New York
Pages:
259
Weight:
517.09 gm

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