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Reality TV’s Real Men of the Recession - Shannon O'Sullivan

Reality TV’s Real Men of the Recession

White Masculinity in Crisis and the Rise of Trumpism
Buch | Hardcover
198 Seiten
2022
Lexington Books/Fortress Academic (Verlag)
978-1-6669-0001-9 (ISBN)
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In the 2000s, reality programs showcasing white, working-class men performing hazardous occupations in wilderness settings proliferated on U.S. cable networks. Shannon O’Sullivan argues that this genre represents a reactionary veneration of white, rural, working-class men as “real Americans” amid the Great Recession and current events.
In this book, Shannon O’ Sullivan explores “blue-collar frontier shows”, a subgenre of reality television showcasing white, working-class men performing hazardous occupations in remote, wilderness settings. O’Sullivan argues that the proliferation of these programs represents a subtle yet potent reactionary veneration of white, rural, working-class men as “real Americans” amid the Great Recession and social movements challenging white supremacy, heteropatriarchy, and capitalism, nearly a decade before Donald Trump kicked off his presidential campaign. Through analyses of Deadliest Catch, Ax Men, Ice Road Truckers, and Gold Rush, O’Sullivan reframes dominant understandings of social class and challenges the neoliberal tendency to configure identity and social categories as stylized performances delinked from power relations. The author highlights the political significance of these series in relation to Donald Trump’s rhetorical strategy and media narratives about his supporters. O’Sullivan also incorporates an analysis of Duck Dynasty, which exemplifies how affluent, white men take up stereotypical white, rural, working-class masculine performances to attain a public perception of masculine authenticity. Scholars of media studies, gender studies, television studies, communication, and political rhetoric will find this book of particular interest.

Shannon O’Sullivan is lecturer in the Communication Department at SUNY College at Buffalo.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

Chapter 1: Hegemonic Masculinity at Work on Reality TV

Chapter 2: White Women with Blue-Collars: Rules for Representation

Chapter 3: “Real Men” Work in “Real America”

Chapter 4: When Wealthy White Men Perform “Real Manhood”

Conclusion

Bibliography

About the Author

Erscheinungsdatum
Sprache englisch
Maße 158 x 236 mm
Gewicht 476 g
Themenwelt Kunst / Musik / Theater Film / TV
Sozialwissenschaften Kommunikation / Medien Medienwissenschaft
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Allgemeine Soziologie
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Gender Studies
ISBN-10 1-6669-0001-X / 166690001X
ISBN-13 978-1-6669-0001-9 / 9781666900019
Zustand Neuware
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