Tribal Warfare : Survivor and the Political Unconscious of Reality Television.

Tribal Warfare thoroughly investigates a central element of the hit reality television show Survivor that the existing literature on reality television has overlooked: class politics. Christopher J. Wright combines textual analysis and survey research to demonstrate that Survivor operates and resona...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wright, Christopher J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Lexington Books, 2006.
Colección:Critical studies in television.
Temas:
Survivor (Television program)
Reality television programs > Political aspects > United States.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
Reality television programs > Political aspects.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Critical Studies in Television; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Table of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; Epigraph; Introduction
  • "Interrogating the Obvious"; Chapter 1
  • "You Cannot Talk to the Guys in the Boat"; The Digital Paradox; Survivor as Society?; Notes; Chapter 2
  • "Apparently Reprehensible Material"; Class as the Uber-narrative; Jameson's Other Works, "Prickly" Writing, and Critics; Survivor Alliances and the Unconscious; Notes; Chapter 3
  • "If It Happens Again ... "; Taking Control; You Will Deny This Three Times.
  • The Emergence, and Fall, of the Hero(ine)A Dream Deferred; Notes; Chapter 4
  • "They're All Lying to Me"; "These Guys Brought the Game in With Them"; "An Alliance of One"; Notes; Chapter 5
  • "A Really Passionate Affair"; Something from Nothing: Colleen and Greg; Nothing from Something: Ethan and "Mama" Kim; Something from Something? The Strange Case of Amazon's Roger; Notes; Chapter 6
  • "These Three Girls Have All Been Riding Coattails"; Gender and Television; Gossipy Girls and Sex-Crazed Boys: Stereotypes in the Amazon; A Pearl Islands Mutiny; Opposites Attract; The Gender-Class Nexus; Notes.
  • Chapter 7
  • "Thrashing Around Like I'm Thirty-Five""Invisible" Indeed; The Importance of Being Eldest: Age and Alliances; Older, Wiser-and More Powerful?; Notes; Chapter 8
  • "This Thing Runs Deeper Than a Game"; African-Americans on Entertainment Programs; African-Americans on News Programs; "A Gross Misrepresentation of Who I Am"; Not-So-Sweet Sixteen; Well Below Average-But Why?; "Playing the Race Card" in the Marquesas; "I Almost Said White Values": The Class-Race Connection; Notes; Conclusion
  • "Always Historicize!"; Appendix A
  • Synopses of First Eleven Survivor Seasons.
  • Appendix B
  • Contestant Profiles and RatingsAppendix C
  • Methodology; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.

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