Brand new you : makeover television and the American dream /
Makeover television and the American dream
a film by Katherine Sender ; producer, director, Katherine Sender.
- 1 videodisc (53 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- 005300
Based on the book, ´The Makeover´, by Katherine Sender -- Container. Subtítulos en inglés.
Makeover television: transforming the American dream -- Remaking the self: templates for living -- Watching you watching me: surveillance and shame -- The real you: authenticity and intimacy -- Selling the soul: the new economics of reality television -- Reality television: reflections of the american dream.
Editor and graphics, Katherine Sender ; sound, Andy Turrett ; camera, Brendan Keegan ; color and sound mix, Rikk Desgres (Pinehurst Pictures and Sound). Editor and graphics, Katherine Sender ; sound, Andy Turrett ; camera, Brendan Keegan ; color and sound mix, Rikk Desgres (Pinehurst Pictures and Sound).
Narrator: Alex Peterson ; interviewees: Dana Heller, Misha Kavka, Susan Murray, Kathy Peiss, Katherine Sender, Brenda Weber.
´Offers a wide-ranging cultural analysis of the stories amkeover programs tell about beauty, success, and happiness at a time of accelerating social and economic change. The result is a look at how our ideas about the American Dream, meritocracy, and personal transformation relate to institutional power structures and issues of race, gender, sexuality, and class´--Container.
DVD; NTSC; all region; aspect ration 16:9; Dolby Digital stereo.
In English with optional English subtitles.
193286993X 9781932869934
0 897952001946
Imagen corporal Makeover television programs--History and criticism. Reality television programs--History and criticism. Television programs--History and criticism.