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Makeover TV : selfhood, citizenship, and celebrity / Brenda R. Weber.

Author: Weber, Brenda R., 1964-

Imprint:Durham : Duke University Press, 2009.

Descriptionxi, 324 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Note:Into the makeover maze : a method in the madness -- Makeover nation : Americanness, neoliberalism, and the citizen-subject -- Visible subjects : economies of looking, pedagogies of shame, sights of resistance -- "I'm a woman now!" : race, class, and femme-ing the normative -- What makes the man? : masculinity and the self-made (over) man -- Celebrated selfhood : reworking commodification through reality celebrity.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.



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Weber, Brenda R., 1964-
Series Statement
Console-ing passions : television and cultural power
Subject:
Makeover television programs -- United States.
Makeover television programs -- Social aspects -- United States.
Self-realization -- Social aspects -- United States.
Self-perception -- Social aspects -- United States.
Television -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Console-ing passions.