Makeover TV: Selfhood, Citizenship, and Celebrity - Console-ing Passions - Brenda R. Weber - Books - Duke University Press - 9780822345510 - November 20, 2009
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Makeover TV: Selfhood, Citizenship, and Celebrity - Console-ing Passions


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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.


344 pages, 24 illustrations

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released November 20, 2009
ISBN13 9780822345510
Publishers Duke University Press
Pages 344
Dimensions 150 × 231 × 25 mm   ·   612 g

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