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Informationen zum Autor Brenda R. Weber Klappentext ""Makeover TV" is a project of striking originality and timeliness, written by a skillful, sure critic. Brenda R. Weber's analyses are consistently subtle and penetrating."--Diane Negra, co-editor of "Interrogating Postfeminism: Gender and the Politics of Popular Culture"Argues that whether depicting transformations of bodies, trucks, finances, relationships, kids, or homes, makeovers depict a self achievable only in the transition from the 'Before-body' to the 'After-body' filled with confidence, coded with celebrity, and imbued with a renewed faith in the powers of meritocracy. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction. Into the Makeover Maze: A Method in the Madness 1 1. Makeover Nation: Americanness, Neoliberalism, and the Citizen-Subject 37 2. Visible Subjects: Economies of Looking, Pedagogies of Shame, Sights of Resistance 81 3. "I'm a Woman Now!" Race, Class, and Femme-ing the Normative 127 4. What Makes the Man? Masculinity and the Self-Made (Over) Man 171 5. Celebrated Selfhood: Reworking Commodification through Reality Celebrity 215 Conclusion. Can This Makeover Be Saved? 253 Notes 267 Bibliography 285 Videography 301 Index 315
