Introduction: Reality Television in Popular Culture
Alison F. Slade
1. Portrayals of Masculinity in The Discovery Channel’s “Deadliest
Catch”
Burton P. Buchanan
2. “I Was Born This Way”: The Performance and Production of
Southern Masculinity in A&E’s Duck Dynasty
Leandra H. Hernandez
3. You Better ‘Redneckognize’!: Deploying the Discourses of
Realness, Social Defiance, and Happiness to Defend Here Comes Honey
Boo Boo on Facebook
Andre Cavalcante
4. Are you ready for your 15 minutes of shame? Louisiana Lockdown
and Narrative in Prison Reality Television
Elizabeth Barfoot Christian
5. Bravo’s “The Real Housewives”: Living the (Capitalist) American
Dream?
Nicole B. Cox
6. Frugal Reality TV During the Great Recession: A Qualitative
Content Analysis of TLC’s Extreme Couponing
Rebecca M. Curnalia
7. Bigger, Fatter, Gypsier: Gender Spectacles and Cultural
Frontlines in My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding
Gordon Alley-Young
8. Odd or Ordinary: Social Comparisons Between Real and Reality TV
Families
Pamela L. Morris and Charissa K. Niedzwiecki
9. The Lolita Spectacle & the Aberrant Mother: Exploring the
Production and Performance of Manufactured Femininity in Toddlers &
Tiaras
Leandra H. Hernandez
10. Manifest Masculinity: Frontier, Fraternity and Family in
Discovery Channel’s Gold Rush
William C. Trapani and Laura L. Winn
11. Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew: A Wicked Brew of Fame,
Addiction, and Cultural Narcissism
Christopher Mapp
12. ‘Born’ Survivors and their Trickster Cousins:Masculine
Primitive Ideals and Manly (Re)Creation on Reality Television
Matthew P. Ferrari
13. Catfished: Exploring Viewer Perceptions of Online
Relationships
Leslie Rasmussen
14. “‘I See Swamp People:’ Swamp People, Southern Horrors and
Reality Television”
Julie Haynes
Conclusion
Amber J. Narro
About the Contributors
Alison F. Slade is an independent scholar whose research interests
include reality television, social media, and fan culture.
Amber J. Narro is associate professor of communication at
Southeastern Louisiana University.
Burton P. Buchanan is assistant professor of mass communication at
Auburn University at Montgomery.
The success story of reality television, even with its oddities, is
a reflection of American pop culture. Reality Television: Oddities
of Culture is largely beneficial to communication
scholars. The authors of this volume examine the strange
aspects of what is considered "real," and how and why Americans are
drawn to this genre of television. The book paints a picture of the
odd, yet popular subject matter in a way that has not been
previously portrayed.
*Dedria Givens-Carroll, University of Louisiana at Lafayette*
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