The great American makeover : television, history, nation /
The Great American Makeover explores two basic questions: How do myths of self-reinvention shape America?s past, and how do contemporary television makeover programs continue and question this long-standing tendency to celebrate the fundamental powers of American transformation? This collection demo...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2006.
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Edición: | 1st ed. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: Things Just Keep Getting Better--Dana Heller * Part One: The Makeover Mythos, Past to Present * A Theatrical Manager: John Brown and the Radical Politics of the American Makeover Mythos--Zoe Trodd * Race, Myths and Violations: Joel Chandler Harris's Plantation Makeover--Claire Pamplin * Making Over the New Adam--Melissa Crawley * What Paris Reveals: The Sartorial and Sensual Transformation of American Girls--Alisia Chase * Making Over Body and Soul: In His Steps and the Roots of Evangelical Popular Culture--Clay Motley * Metrosexuality: See the Bright Light of Commodification Shine! Watch Yanqui Masculinity Made Over--Toby Miller * Part Two: Makeover Television Formats, 1950
- Today * The Cinderella Makeover: Glamour Girl, Television Misery Shows and 1950s Femininity--Marsha F. Cassidy * Queen for a Day: Remaking Consumer Culture, One Woman at a Time--Amber Watts * Interior Design: Commodifying Self and Place in Extreme Makeover, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, and The Swan--June Deery *?Help Is On the Way!? Supernanny, Nanny 911 and the Neoliberal Politics of the Family--Ron Becker * Extreme Makeover: Home(land Security) Edition--Jennifer Gillan * Changing Properties: The Makeover Show Crosses the Atlantic--Misha Kavka * Conclusion: The Reveal--Lynn Spigel.
- Before : "Things just keep getting better-- " / Dana Heller
- A theatrical manager : John Brown and the radical politics of the American makeover mythos / Zoe Trodd
- Plantation makeover : Joel Chandler Harris's myths and violations / Claire Pamplin
- Making over the new Adam / Melissa Crawley
- What Paris reveals : the sartorial and sensual transformation of American girls / Alisia G. Chase
- Making over body and soul : In his steps and the roots of evangelical popular culture / Clay Motley
- Metrosexuality : see the bright light of commodification shine! Watch Yanqui masculinity made over! / Toby Miller
- The Cinderella makeover : Glamour girl, television misery shows and 1950s femininity / Marsha F. Cassidy
- Queen for a day : remaking consumer culture, one woman at a time / Amber Watts
- Interior design : commodifying self and place in Extreme makeover, Extreme makeover : home edition, and The swan / June Deery
- "Help is on the way!" Supernanny, Nanny 911 and the neoliberal politics of the family / Ron Becker
- Extreme makeover : home(land security) edition / Jennifer Gillan
- Changing properties : the makeover show crosses the Atlantic / Misha Kavka
- After : Warhol's "reveal" / Lynn Spigel.