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Makeover TV

Author : Brenda R. Weber
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822391236
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)

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Download or read book Makeover TV written by Brenda R. Weber and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2009-11-20 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2004, roughly 25 makeover-themed reality shows aired on U.S. television. By 2009, there were more than 250, from What Not to Wear and The Biggest Loser to Dog Whisperer and Pimp My Ride. In Makeover TV, Brenda R. Weber argues that whether depicting transformations of bodies, trucks, finances, relationships, kids, or homes, makeover shows posit a self achievable only in the transition from the “Before-body”—the overweight figure, the decrepit jalopy, the cluttered home—to the “After-body,” one filled with confidence, coded with celebrity, and imbued with a renewed faith in the powers of meritocracy. The rationales and tactics invoked to achieve the After-body vary widely, from the patriotic to the market-based, and from talk therapy to feminist empowerment. The genre is unified by its contradictions: to uncover your “true self,” you must be reinvented; to be empowered, you must surrender to experts; to be special, you must look and act like everyone else. Based on her analysis of more than 2,500 hours of makeover TV, Weber argues that the much-desired After-body speaks to and makes legible broader cultural narratives about selfhood, citizenship, celebrity, and Americanness. Although makeovers are directed at both male and female viewers, their gendered logic requires that feminized subjects submit to the controlling expertise wielded by authorities. The genre does not tolerate ambiguity. Conventional (middle-class, white, ethnically anonymous, heterosexual) femininity is the goal of makeovers for women. When subjects are male, makeovers often compensate for perceived challenges to masculine independence by offering men narrative options for resistance or control. Foregoing a binary model of power and subjugation, Weber provides an account of makeover television that is as appreciative as it is critical. She reveals the makeover show as a rich and complicated text that expresses cultural desires and fears through narratives of selfhood.

Makeover Nation

Author : Toby Miller
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Makeover Nation written by Toby Miller and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life is very much a project in the United States--but not a straightforwardly individual one. A duality of individual free choice and disciplinary institutional governance is the grand national paradox. Simply being--leading life without a bumper sticker avowing one's elective institutional affinities--seems implausible in a country consumed by the makeover--the idea that what you were born as need not define you forever. As Toby Miller writes in his introduction: "I come neither to bury the makeover nor to praise the makeover, but to criticize it, even as I stand alternately bewildered, amused, appalled, and attracted by it." In Makeover Nation he does just that in a witty, no-holds-barred style. Miller looks at the power of various forms of knowledge about people and their emotions as they have been applied to the US population, from talk therapy to drug treatment. He is particularly interested in young people--in examining how childhood is constructed--and pays close attention to the much-favored (and overused) diagnosis and treatment of ADHD/ADD. He also focuses his attention on metrosexuals and right-wing Christians to disclose how these opposing groups manifest their drive toward self-creation. Miller believes that we must question the pleasures of reinvention even as we embrace them.

Makeover Nation

Author : Toby Miller
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780814271803
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (718 download)

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Download or read book Makeover Nation written by Toby Miller and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Makeover Nation

Author : Toby Miller
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780814251690
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (516 download)

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Download or read book Makeover Nation written by Toby Miller and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life is very much a project in the United States—but not a straightforwardly individual one. A duality of individual free choice and disciplinary institutional governance is the grand national paradox. Simply being—leading life without a bumper sticker avowing one's elective institutional affinities—seems implausible in a country consumed by the makeover—the idea that what you were born as need not define you forever. As Toby Miller writes in his introduction: “I come neither to bury the makeover nor to praise the makeover, but to criticize it, even as I stand alternately bewildered, amused, appalled, and attracted by it.” In Makeover Nation he does just that in a witty, no-holds-barred style. Miller looks at the power of various forms of knowledge about people and their emotions as they have been applied to the US population, from talk therapy to drug treatment. He is particularly interested in young people—in examining how childhood is constructed—and pays close attention to the much-favored (and overused) diagnosis and treatment of ADHD/ADD. He also focuses his attention on metrosexuals and right-wing Christians to disclose how these opposing groups manifest their drive toward self-creation. Miller believes that we must question the pleasures of reinvention even as we embrace them.

The Great American Makeover

Author : D. Heller
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0312376170
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (123 download)

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Download or read book The Great American Makeover written by D. Heller and published by Springer. This book was released on 2006-11-27 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great American Makeover is a collection of essays that explore the American makeover mythos that has been recently repackaged in the form of popular makeover television programs such as Extreme Makeover, The Swan, Supernanny, and Queer Eye for the Straight Guy.

Millennial Makeover

Author : Morley Winograd
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 0813544661
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (135 download)

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Download or read book Millennial Makeover written by Morley Winograd and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2008-02-04 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new in paperback edition includes a new afterword written specifically for this volume. Morley Winograd and Michael D. Hais review the developments of the 2008 presidential election and demonstrate how the coming of age of a millennial generation and the expansion of a new communication technology produced another realignment, just as these twin forces of change have done throughout U.S. history.

#MakeoverMonday

Author : Andy Kriebel
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119510791
Total Pages : 581 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (195 download)

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Download or read book #MakeoverMonday written by Andy Kriebel and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2018-10-02 with total page 581 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore different perspectives and approaches to create more effective visualizations #MakeoverMonday offers inspiration and a giant dose of perspective for those who communicate data. Originally a small project in the data visualization community, #MakeoverMonday features a weekly chart or graph and a dataset that community members reimagine in order to make it more effective. The results have been astounding; hundreds of people have contributed thousands of makeovers, perfectly illustrating the highly variable nature of data visualization. Different takes on the same data showed a wide variation of theme, focus, content, and design, with side-by-side comparisons throwing more- and less-effective techniques into sharp relief. This book is an extension of that project, featuring a variety of makeovers that showcase various approaches to data communication and a focus on the analytical, design and storytelling skills that have been developed through #MakeoverMonday. Paging through the makeovers ignites immediate inspiration for your own work, provides insight into different perspectives, and highlights the techniques that truly make an impact. Explore the many approaches to visual data communication Think beyond the data and consider audience, stakeholders, and message Design your graphs to be intuitive and more communicative Assess the impact of layout, color, font, chart type, and other design choices Creating visual representation of complex datasets is tricky. There’s the mandate to include all relevant data in a clean, readable format that best illustrates what the data is saying—but there is also the designer’s impetus to showcase a command of the complexity and create multidimensional visualizations that “look cool.” #MakeoverMonday shows you the many ways to walk the line between simple reporting and design artistry to create exactly the visualization the situation requires.

Brain Culture

Author : Davi Johnson Thornton
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 0813550122
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (135 download)

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Download or read book Brain Culture written by Davi Johnson Thornton and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brain Culture investigates the American obsession with the health of the brain. Davi Johnson Thornton looks at familiar messages, tracing how brain science and colorful brain images produced by scientific technologies are taken up and distributed in popular media. She tracks the message that, "you are your brain" across multiple contemporary contexts, analyzing its influence on child development, family life, education, and public policy. Our fixation on the brain is not simply a reaction to scientific progress, but a cultural phenomenon tied to values of individualism and limitless achievement.

Lifestyle Media in American Culture

Author : Maureen E. Ryan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315464950
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (154 download)

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Download or read book Lifestyle Media in American Culture written by Maureen E. Ryan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-02-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the emergence of "lifestyle" in the US, first as a term that has become an organizing principle for the self and for the structure of everyday life, and later as a pervasive form of media that encompasses a variety of domestic and self-improvement genres, from newspaper columns to design blogs. Drawing on the methodologies of cultural studies and feminist media studies, and built upon a series of case studies from newspapers, books, television programs, and blogs, it tracks the emergence of lifestyle’s discursive formation and shows its relevance in contemporary media culture. It is, in the broadest sense, about the role played by the explosion of lifestyle media texts in changing conceptualizations of selfhood and domestic life.

Reacting to Reality Television

Author : Beverley Skeggs
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0415693705
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (156 download)

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Download or read book Reacting to Reality Television written by Beverley Skeggs and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As reality television extends into the experiences of the everyday, it makes dramatic and often shocking the mundane aspects of our intimate relations. This book addresses the impact of this endless opening out of intimacy as an entertainment trend that erodes the traditional boundaries between spectator and performer.

Our Biometric Future

Author : Kelly Gates
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0814732097
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)

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Download or read book Our Biometric Future written by Kelly Gates and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2011-01-23 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the 1960s, a significant effort has been underway to program computers to “see” the human face—to develop automated systems for identifying faces and distinguishing them from one another—commonly known as Facial Recognition Technology. While computer scientists are developing FRT in order to design more intelligent and interactive machines, businesses and states agencies view the technology as uniquely suited for “smart” surveillance—systems that automate the labor of monitoring in order to increase their efficacy and spread their reach. Tracking this technological pursuit, Our Biometric Future identifies FRT as a prime example of the failed technocratic approach to governance, where new technologies are pursued as shortsighted solutions to complex social problems. Culling news stories, press releases, policy statements, PR kits and other materials, Kelly Gates provides evidence that, instead of providing more security for more people, the pursuit of FRT is being driven by the priorities of corporations, law enforcement and state security agencies, all convinced of the technology’s necessity and unhindered by its complicated and potentially destructive social consequences. By focusing on the politics of developing and deploying these technologies, Our Biometric Future argues not for the inevitability of a particular technological future, but for its profound contingency and contestability.

The Politics of Reality Television

Author : Marwan M. Kraidy
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136913882
Total Pages : 483 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (369 download)

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Download or read book The Politics of Reality Television written by Marwan M. Kraidy and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-10-22 with total page 483 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Politics of Reality Television encompasses an international selection of expert contributions who consider the specific ways media migrations test our understanding of, and means of investigating, reality television across the globe. The book addresses a wide range of topics, including: the global circulation and local adaptation of reality television formats and franchises the production of fame and celebrity around hitherto "ordinary" people the transformation of self under the public eye the tensions between fierce loyalties to local representatives and imagined communities bonding across regional and ethnic divides the struggle over the meanings and values of reality television across a range of national, regional, gender, class and religious contexts. This book will be of interest to undergraduate and postgraduate students on a range of Media and Television Studies courses, particularly those on the globalisation of television and media, and reality television.

Extreme Makeover of Hillary (Rodham) Clinton

Author : Bay Buchanan
Publisher : Regnery Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1596985070
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (969 download)

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Download or read book Extreme Makeover of Hillary (Rodham) Clinton written by Bay Buchanan and published by Regnery Publishing. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An analysis of Hillary Clinton's efforts to adapt her public image to render her a desirable presidential candidate describes how perceptions about her have changed, in a profile that considers her eligibility and potential for the presidency.

Self-Help, Inc.

Author : Micki McGee
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195171241
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (951 download)

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Download or read book Self-Help, Inc. written by Micki McGee and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2005-09-08 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why doesn't self-help help? Micki McGee explores the demand for self-help & what it tells us about ourselves.

Vanity: 21st Century Selves

Author : C. Tanner
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137308508
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (373 download)

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Download or read book Vanity: 21st Century Selves written by C. Tanner and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-02-27 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What role does 'vanity' play in the lives of 21st century subjects? Exploring a range of fields including public health, information technology, media studies and feminist approaches to the body and beauty, this book offers a broad analysis of how 'vanity' shapes contemporary Western societies and its understandings of selfhood.

Transforming Bodies

Author : H. Steinhoff
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137493798
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (374 download)

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Download or read book Transforming Bodies written by H. Steinhoff and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-05-26 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the turn of the twenty-first century, American media abound with images and narratives of bodily transformations. At the crossroads of American, cultural, literary, media, gender, queer, disability and governmentality studies, the book presents a timely intervention into critical debates on body transformations and contemporary makeover culture.

Life Advice from Below

Author : Eric C. Hendriks
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004319581
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Life Advice from Below written by Eric C. Hendriks and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2017-07-03 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Life Advice from Below, Eric C. Hendriks offers the first systematic, comparative study of the globalization of American-style self-help culture and the cultural conflicts this creates in different national contexts. The self-help guru is an archetypical American figure associated with individualism, materialism and the American Dream. Nonetheless, the self-help industry is spreading globally, thriving in China and other seemingly unlikely places. Controversy follows in its wake, as the self-help industry, operating outside of formal education and state institutions, outflanks philosophical, religious and political elites who have their own visions of the Good Life. Through a comparison of Germany and China, Hendriks analyzes how the competition between self-help gurus and institutional authorities unfolds under radically different politico-cultural regimes. “This witty book charms its way through a very serious sociology of the seriously quirky field of self-help books. Read it for its fascinating pop-culture insights and you’ll come away with a deep understanding of contemporary sociological theory. Highly recommended.” - Salvatore Babones, University of Sydney “Hendriks’ finding that Germany rather than China is more resistant to self-help gurus offers a powerful corrective to the assumption in much of the globalization literature that the greatest cultural divide is between the Anglo-Western European sphere and the rest of the globe.” - Rodney Benson, New York University