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OverviewIn the summer of 2010, Ragan Fox was one of twelve people selected to participate in the twelfth season of CBS's reality program Big Brother. Offering a rare, autobiographical, and behind-the-scenes peek behind Big Brother's theatrical curtain, Fox provides a scholarly account of the show's casting procedures, secret soundstage interactions, and viewer involvement, while investigating how the program's producers, fans, and players theatrically render identities of racial and sexual minorities. Using autoethnography, textual analysis, and spectator commentary as research, Inside Reality TV reflects on and critiques how identity is constructed on reality television, and the various ways in which people from historically oppressed groups are depicted in mass media. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Ragan FoxPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.453kg ISBN: 9781138065567ISBN 10: 1138065560 Pages: 140 Publication Date: 14 August 2018 Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , General , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents1 Investigating the Reality TV Paradox 2 “Just Be Yourself,” and Other Casting Fairy Tales 3 “Fagan: Awesome Representative of the Gay Community” Interlude 4 Performatively Spectating Houseguests of Color 5 Life After Big Brother IndexReviewsFox's ability to combine lived experience with critical theory succeeds in providing a new critical lens for television scholars, particularly undergraduates, to engage with the evergrowing phenomenon of reality television. Rhys Jones, University of Liverpool, UK, from Critical Studies in Television: The International Journal of Television Studies 15(1) Author InformationRagan Fox is Professor of Communication at California State University, Long Beach. He is the author of two poetry collections, Heterophobia (2006) and Exile in Gayville (2009). In the summer of 2010, Fox was a contestant on the twelfth season of CBS’s Big Brother. He currently lives in West Hollywood with his French bulldog, Beau. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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