Fix me up : essays on television dating and makeover shows / edited by Judith Lancioni.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lancioni, Judith, 1943-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reality television programs--Social aspects--United States.

Reality television programs.

Makeover television programs--Social aspects--United States.

Makeover television programs.

Dating shows (Television programs)--Social aspects--United States.

Dating shows (Television programs).

Social aspects.

Reality television programs--Social aspects.

United States.

Physical Description:

vi, 218 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2010]

Summary:

"This collection of essays focuses on two sub-genres of reality television: dating shows and makeover reality shows. Each author explores a different aspect of one or both of these types of shows, focusing especially on the cultural interaction between the text--dating and makeover shows--and society"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction / Judith Lancioni

The dating games: real lessons learned from unreal programs / David Gudelunas

The reality of reality dating: analyzing viewers' perceptions / Elizabeth Ribarsky

Women's shared viewing of The bachelor: generational motives and perceptions / Cary W. Horvath and Margaret O. Finucane

Fans of plastic surgery reality television: hopes and concerns in fan postings / Joan L. Conners

Parasocial relationships in dating and makeover reality television / Narissra Maria Punyanunt-Carter

Average Joe and the not so average Jane / Judith Lancioni

The swan as sado-ritual syndrome? / Christopher D. Rodkey

The boob tube: authority, resistance, and Dr. 90210 / Shana Heinricy

Revising bodily texts to the dominant standard: a feminist rhetorical criticism of the makeover episode of America's next top model / Julie-Ann Scott

Tyra Banks' top model: makeover in reality television / Frank H. Wallis

"She just called you a metro": rating masculinity on reality television / Matthew Johnson

Materialism, disposal and consumerism: Queer eye and the commodification of identity / Yarma Velázquez Vargas

New blouse, new house, I need a new spouse: the politics of transformation and identity in television makeover and swap shows / Shira Tarrant

Revealing western norms of gender identity in What not to wear: idealizing femininity in visual culture to win the "War on Terror" / Ellen W. Gorsevski

Reality television, body cult and identity metamorphosis in Brazil and the United States / Bianca Freire-Medeiros and André Bakker.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780786443826

0786443820

OCLC:

386709171