The Makeover: Reality Television and Reflexive Audiences

by Katherine Sender

Book Overview

The first book to consider the rapid rise of makeover shows from the perspectives of their viewers

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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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814740707
• ISBN13: 9780814740705
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 259 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"