Reality Television
eBook - ePub

Reality Television

Oddities of Culture

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eBook - ePub

Reality Television

Oddities of Culture

About this book

Reality television remains a pervasive form of television programming within our culture. The new mantra is go big or go home, be weird or be invisible. Here Comes Honey Boo Boo and Duck Dynasty, for example,are arguably two of the most compelling reality television programs currently airing because of their uniqueness and ability to transcend traditional boundaries in this genre. Reality Television: Oddities of Culture seeks to explore not the mundane reality programs, but rather those programs that illustrate the odd, unique or peculiar aspects of our society. This anthology will explore such programs across the categories of culture, gender, and celebrity.

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Information

Year
2014
Edition
1
eBook ISBN
9780739185650

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Introduction
  3. Portrayals of Masculinity in The Discovery Channel’s Deadliest Catch
  4. “I Was Born This Way”: The Performance and Production of Southern Masculinity in A&E’s Duck Dynasty
  5. You Better “Redneckognize”!: Deploying the Discourses of Realness, Social Defiance, and Happiness to Defend Here Comes Honey Boo Boo on Facebook
  6. Are you ready for your 15 minutes of shame? Louisiana Lockdown and Narrative in Prison Reality Television
  7. Bravo’s “The Real Housewives”: Living the (Capitalist) American Dream?
  8. Frugal Reality TV During the Great Recession: A Qualitative Content Analysis of TLC’s Extreme Couponing
  9. Bigger, Fatter, Gypsier: Gender Spectacles and Cultural Frontlines in My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding
  10. Odd or Ordinary: Social Comparisons Between Real and Reality TV Families
  11. The Lolita Spectacle & the Aberrant Mother: Exploring the Production and Performance of Manufactured Femininity in Toddlers & Tiaras
  12. Manifest Masculinity: Frontier, Fraternity, and Family in Discovery Channel’s Gold Rush
  13. Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew: A Wicked Brew of Fame, Addiction, and Cultural Narcissism
  14. “Born” Survivors and Their Trickster Cousins: Masculine Primitive Ideals and Manly (Re)Creation on Reality Television
  15. Catfished : Exploring Viewer Perceptions of Online Relationships
  16. “I See Swamp People”: Swamp People, Southern Horrors, and Reality Television
  17. Conclusion
  18. Index
  19. About the Contributors

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