True Story : : What Reality TV Says About us
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Call Number: 791.456 Li
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"Don't be all, like, uncool" (the self) -- "Here for all the right reasons" (couples) -- "Not here to make friends" (groups) -- "Kim is always late" (families) -- "Sparkle, baby!" -- (childhood) -- "I question your taste level" (class) -- "Who gon' check me, boo?" (race) -- "We're all born naked ..." (gender) -- "Food, a drink, and a gay" (sexuality) -- "Bad boys, bad boys" (deviance)
"A sociological study of reality TV that explores its rise as a culture-dominating medium-and what the genre reveals about our attitudes toward race, gender, class, and sexuality"-- Provided by publisher.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2022.
Year Published: 2022
Description: 336 pages ; 22 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780374279028
0374279020
SUBJECTS
Reality television programs -- United States -- History and criticism.
Television programs -- Social aspects -- United States.