Project Reality TV

by Misha Kavka and Brenda R. Weber

This special issue examines reality television, analyzing how it produces certain ways of seeing, knowing, feeling, and being for viewers and society. The essays explore common reality television themes--health, housewives, "hot bodies," and "hoochie mamas"--and programs including Jersey Shore, the Real Housewives, and Intervention in relation to gender, sexuality, race, and class. The contributors consider reality television's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822368226
• ISBN13: 9780822368229
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.4"