ISBN:
9780230368712
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (311 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Real Talk: Reality Television and Discourse Analysis in Action
DDC:
302.2345014
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
This is the first book to examine the discourse of reality television. Chapters provide rigorous case studies of the discourse practices that characterise a wide range of generic and linguistic/cultural contexts, including dating shows in China and Spain, docudramas in Argentina and New Zealand, and talent shows in the UK and USA
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; Part I: The Reality of Discourse and Discourse Analysis: Theory, Approaches, Practices; 1 Reality television: a discourse-analytical perspective; 2 Discourse approaches to the study of reality television; Part II: Reality Television and Identity; 3 How 'real' is reality television in China? On the success of a Chinese dating programme; 4 The (inter)play of nationality, religiosity and gender: textual mechanisms for the rich representation of Israeli identity on a reality race gamedoc
Description / Table of Contents:
5 'There's no harm, is there, in letting your emotions out': a multimodal perspective on language, emotion and identity in MasterChef Australia6 The aesthetics of poverty and crime in Argentinean reality television; 7 Heroic endeavours: flying high in New Zealand reality television; Part III: Reality Television and Aggression; 8 (Im)politeness and exploitative TV in Britain and North America: The X Factor and American Idol; 9 Impoliteness in US/UK talent shows: a diachronic study of the evolution of a genre
Description / Table of Contents:
10 'No eres inteligente ni para tener amigos… Pues anda que tú' ['You are not even clever enough to have any friends… Look who's talking!']: a quantitative analysis of the production and reception of impoliteness in present-day Spanish…11 'You are killing your kids': framing and impoliteness in a health makeover reality TV show; 12 Moments of truth: telling it like it is on The Jeremy Kyle Show; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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