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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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386 p. : ill.; 21 cm.

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.

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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.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. [347]-351) and index.

Research Call Number

MWGS 11-2498

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