| Description |
386 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : understanding project brainwash -- Unraveling reality tv's twisted fairy tales -- Get comfortable with my flaw finder : women's bodies as women's worth -- Bitches and morons and skanks, oh my! what reality tv teaches us about women -- This is not my beautiful house! class anxiety, hyperconsumerism, and mockery of the poor -- Erasing ethnicity, encoding bigotry : race, pre- and post-flavor of love -- Ghetto bitches, china dolls and cha cha divas : race, beauty, and the tyranny of Tyra Banks -- Beautiful corpses, abusive princes : violence against women as glamorous, romantic reality -- "I would be a servant to him":new milennium, same old backlash -- The world according to Covergirl : advertiser ideology goes 3D -- Fun with media literacy! : drinking games, deconstruction guides, and other critical thinking tools -- What are you going to do? how you can transform the media-starting today. |
| Subject |
Reality television programs -- Social aspects.
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Reality television programs -- Political aspects.
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Women on television.
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Sex role on television.
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Minorities on television.
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| ISBN |
9781580052658 |
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1580052657 |
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