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Informationen zum Autor Christopher J. Wright began writing about political and cultural implications of Survivor in 2001 for PopPolitics.com. He works in the political media in Washington, D.C. Klappentext 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 resonates as a political allegory. Zusammenfassung 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 resonates as a political allegory. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 "Interrogating the Obvious": Survivor, Cultural Touchstore Chapter 2 "You Cannot Talk to the Guys in the Boat": Survivor as the False Real Chapter 3 "Apparently Reprehensible Material": The Political Unconscious and Popular Culture Chapter 4 "If It Happens Again . . .": Repression and the Tagi Alliance Chapter 5 "They're All Lying to Me": Repression among Contestants Chapter 6 "A Really Passionate Affair": Repression through Editing Chapter 7 "These Three Girls Have All Been Riding Coattails": Survivor's Gender Wars Chapter 8 "Thrashing around Like I'm Thirty-Five": Paradoxes of Aging on Survivor Chapter 9 "This Thing Runs Deeper Than a Game": Survivor's Trouble with Race Chapter 10 "Always Historicize!": Symbolic Resolutions and Contemporary Politics Chapter 11 Appendix A: Synopses of the First Eleven Survivor Seasons Chapter 12 Appendix B: Contestant Profiles and Ratings Chapter 13 Appendix C: Methodology
