03431nam 22006495 450 991048424830332120240509030142.09783030142155303014215910.1007/978-3-030-14215-5(OCoLC)1232485453(MiFhGG)GVRL59QR(CKB)4100000008048135(MiAaPQ)EBC5771321(MiFhGG)9783030142155(DE-He213)978-3-030-14215-5(Perlego)3492966(EXLCZ)99410000000804813520190424d2019 u| 0engurun|---uuuuatxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierReality TV and Queer Identities Sexuality, Authenticity, Celebrity /by Michael Lovelock1st ed. 2019.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2019.1 online resource (ix, 205 pages)Gale eBooks9783030142148 3030142140 Includes bibliographical references and index.1. Introduction -- 2. 'Real' queers on television: from heteronormativity to compulsory authenticity -- 3. Queerness as authenticity in reality TV -- 4. Born This Way: Authenticity as Essentialism in Reality TV -- 5. Resurgent Heteronormativity in Reality Pop -- 6. Working and werking: Queerness, labour and neoliberal self-branding in reality TV -- 7. Conclusion.This book examines queer visibility in reality television, which is arguably the most prolific space of gay, lesbian, transgender and otherwise queer media representation. It explores almost two decades of reality programming, from Big Brother to I Am Cait, American Idol to RuPaul's Drag Race, arguing that the specific conventions of reality TV-its intimacy and emotion, its investments in celebrity and the ideal of authenticity-have inextricably shaped the ways in which queer people have become visible in reality shows. By challenging popular judgements on reality shows as damaging spaces of queer representation, this book argues that reality TV has pioneered a unique form of queer-inclusive broadcasting, where a desire for authenticity, rather than being heterosexual, is the norm. Across all chapters, this book investigates how reality TV's celebration of 'compulsory authenticity' has circulated 'acceptable' and 'unacceptable'ways of being queer, demonstrating how possibilities for queer visibility are shaped by broader anxieties and around selfhood, identity and the real in contemporary cultural life. .Motion picturesTelevision broadcastingQueer theoryCelebritiesFilm and Television StudiesQueer StudiesCelebrity StudiesMotion pictures.Television broadcasting.Queer theory.Celebrities.Film and Television Studies.Queer Studies.Celebrity Studies.791.45653791.4565266Lovelock Michaelauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1225222MiFhGGMiFhGGBOOK9910484248303321Reality TV and Queer Identities2844811UNINA