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Reality bites back : the troubling truth about guilty pleasure tv
- Title
- Reality bites back : the troubling truth about guilty pleasure tv / Jennifer L. Pozner.
- Author
- Pozner, Jennifer L.
- Publication
- Berkeley, CA : Seal Press : Distributed by Publishers Group West, c 2010.
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- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [347]-351) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction : understanding project brainwash -- Unraveling reality tv's twisted fairy tales -- Get comfortable with my flaw finder -- Bitches and morons and skanks, oh my! -- This is not my beautiful house! -- Erasing ethnicity, encoding bigotry -- Ghetto bitches, china dolls and cha cha divas -- Beautiful corpses, abusive princes -- "I would be a servant to him" -- The world according to Covergirl -- Fun with media literacy -- What are you going to do?.
- Call Number
- MWGS 11-2498
- ISBN
- 9781580052658 (pbk.)
- 1580052657 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- 2010010376
- OCLC
- 560556669
- Author
- Pozner, Jennifer L.
- Title
- Reality bites back : the troubling truth about guilty pleasure tv / Jennifer L. Pozner.
- Imprint
- Berkeley, CA : Seal Press : Distributed by Publishers Group West, c 2010.
- Description
- 386 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [347]-351) and index.
- Summary
- Takes a look at how our favorite shows reinforce stereotypes and force-feed us messages about who we're supposed to be and what we're supposed to want. Pozner exposes the commercial and political agendas behind the genre, revealing how the shows negatively impact women, people of color, and future generations.
- Research Call Number
- MWGS 11-2498