Einstein / Winston / Madden Religion and Reality TV

Faith in Late Capitalism
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-134-79207-8
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 232 Seiten

Why is reality television flourishing in today's expanding media market? Religion and Reality TV: Faith in Late Capitalism argues that the reality genre offers answers to many of life's urgent questions: Why am I important? What gives my life meaning? How do I present my best self to the world? Case studies address these questions by examining religious representations through late capitalist lenses, including the maintenance of the self, the commodification of the sacred, and the performance of authenticity. The book'sfourteen essays explore why religious themes proliferate in reality TV, audiences' fascination with "lived religion," and the economics that make religion and reality TV a successful pairing. Chapters also consider the role of race, gender, and religion in the production and reception of programming.
Religion and Reality TV provides a framework for understanding the intersection of celebrity, media attention, beliefs, and values. The book will be of interest to students and scholars of religion and media studies, communication, American studies, and popular culture.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Einstein, Mara

Winston, Diane

Madden, Katherine

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
Part I: Maintenance of the Self

Flaunting Christian Patriarchy in the 21st Century: Todd Chrisley’s Straight Guy with the Queer Eye

Diane Winston

Making Over Body and Soul: Gender, Selfhood, and Parables of Spiritual Neoliberalism on Makeover TV

Brenda R. Weber

Black Female Sexual Agency and Racialized Holy Sex in Black Christian Reality TV Shows

Monique Moultrie


Part II: The Performance of Authenticity

This is Just an Incredible God Thing: Monetized Domesticity in Bottom-up Media

Katherine Madden

‘The Renovation Starts Now!’: Rite of Passage on Reality Television

Erica Andrus

When the most popular format reaches the most atypical country: Reality TV and Religion in Israel

Yoel Cohen and Amir Hetsroni

All-American Cancellation: Spectacle and Neoliberal Performativity in All-American Muslim

Melinda Q. Brennan


Part III: Niche Markets

Sister Wives: The Protestantization of Mormon Polygamy

Myev Rees

Paranormal Reality Television: audience engagement with mediums and spirit communication

Annette Hill

Conjuring Spirits in a Neoliberal Era: Ghost Reality Television, Third Wave Spiritual Warfare, and Haunting Pasts

Sean McCloud

Amish Reality and Reality TV Amishness: Agonism in the Cultural Marketplace

Stewart Hoover

Part IV: Commodification of the Sacred

The Invisible Hand in Downey and Burnett

Sharon Lauricella

The Search for a Young Imam Begins Now: Imam Muda and Civilizational Islam in Malaysia

Andrea Stanton

Preachers of Oxygen: Franchising Faith on Reality TV

Mara Einstein

Über Autor(innen)

Mara Einstein has worked as an executive at NBC, MTV Networks, and at major advertising agencies.She is Professor of Media Studies at Queens College, CUNY, USAandDirector of the Masters program in Media and Social Justice.
Katherine Maddenteaches media studies at Jesuit High School in Sacramento, California, USA.

Diane Winston holds the Knight Chair in Media and Religion at theUSC Annenberg School for Communicationand Journalism, USA.