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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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Description
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.
Subjects
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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