LEADER 03650nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910852986503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8147-3897-4 024 7 $a10.18574/9780814738979 035 $a(CKB)2670000000269834 035 $a(EBL)1057771 035 $a(OCoLC)818819032 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000832337 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11966404 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000832337 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10881667 035 $a(PQKB)10187498 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001326219 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1057771 035 $a(OCoLC)1175640703$z(OCoLC)817560278$z(OCoLC)818819032$z(OCoLC)1162196684 035 $a(OCoLC)on1175640703 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse19227 035 $a(DE-B1597)548518 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780814738979 035 $a(OCoLC)817560278 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000269834 100 $a20120510d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe makeover $ereality television and reflexive audiences /$fKatherine Sender 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cNew York University Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (255 p.) 225 0$aCritical cultural communication 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8147-4070-7 311 $a0-8147-4069-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $t1. Self-Projects -- $t2. Gender and Genre -- $t3. Not Like Paris Hilton -- $t4. Shame on You -- $t5. Feeling Real -- $t6. Mirror, Mirror -- $t7. Research Reflexivity -- $t8. Once More with Feeling -- $tAppendix I. Protocols -- $tAppendix II. Demographic Data -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex -- $tAbout the Author 330 $aWatch this show, buy this product, you can be a whole new you! Makeover television shows repeatedly promise self-renewal and the opportunity for reinvention, but what do we know about the people who watch them? As it turns out, surprisingly little.The Makeover is the first book to consider the rapid rise of makeover shows from the perspectives of their viewers. Katherine Sender argues that this genre of reality television continues a long history of self-improvement, shaped through contemporary media, technological, and economic contexts. Most people think that reality television viewers are ideological dupes and obliging consumers. Sender, however, finds that they have a much more nuanced and reflexive approach to the shows they watch. They are critical of the instruction, the consumer plugs, and the manipulative editing in the shows. At the same time, they buy into the shows? imperative to construct a reflexive self: an inner self that can be seen as if from the outside, and must be explored and expressed to others. The Makeover intervenes in debates about both reality television and audience research, offering the concept of the reflexive self to move these debates forward. 410 0$aCritical cultural communication. 606 $aReality television programs$xHistory and criticism 606 $aMakeover television programs$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aReality television programs$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aMakeover television programs$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a791.45655 686 $aAP 35160$2rvk 700 $aSender$b Katherine$01598162 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910852986503321 996 $aThe Makeover$94128414 997 $aUNINA