| Description |
386 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-351) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction. Resisting project brainwash -- 1. Unraveling reality TV's twisted fairy tales: Cinderellas and cautionary tales -- 2. Get comfortable with my flaw finder: women's bodies as women's worth -- 3. Bitches and morons and skanks, oh my: what reality TV teaches us about women -- 4. This is not my beautiful house: class anxiety, hyperconsumerism, and mockery of the poor -- 5. Erasing ethnicity, encoding bigotry: race, pre- and post-Flavor of love -- 6. Ghetto bitches, china dolls and cha cha divas: race, beauty, and the tyranny of Tyra Banks -- 7. Beautiful corpses, abusive princes: violence against women as glamorous, romantic reality -- 8. "I would be a servant to him": new millennium, same old backlash -- 9. The world according to CoverGirl: advertiser ideology goes 3-D -- 10. Fun with media literacy: drinking games, deconstruction guides, and other critical thinking tools -- 11. What are you going to do?: how you can transform the media, starting today. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Reality television programs -- Social aspects.
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Reality television programs -- Social aspects. |
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Reality television programs. |
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Reality television programs -- Political aspects.
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Reality television programs -- Political aspects. |
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Women on television.
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Women on television. |
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Sex role on television.
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Sex role on television. |
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Minorities on television.
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Minorities on television. |
| ISBN |
9781580052658 paperback |
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1580052657 paperback |
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