Reality Gendervision

<div>This essay collection focuses on the gendered dimensions of reality television in both the United States and Great Britain. Through close readings of a wide range of reality programming from <i>Finding Sarah</i> and <i>Sister Wives</i> to <i>Ghost Adventures</i> and <i>Deadliest Warrior</i> the contributors think through questions of femininity and masculinity as they relate to the intersections of gender race class and sexuality. They connect the genre's combination of real people and surreal experiences of authenticity and artifice to the production of identity and norms of citizenship the commodification of selfhood and the naturalization of regimes of power. Whether assessing the Kardashian family brand portrayals of hoarders or big-family programs such as <i>19 Kids and Counting</i> the contributors analyze reality television as a relevant site for the production and performance of gender. In the process they illuminate the larger neoliberal and postfeminist contexts in which reality TV is produced promoted watched and experienced.<br><br>Contributors. David Greven Dana Heller Su Holmes Deborah Jermyn Misha Kavka Amanda Ann Klein Susan Lepselter Diane Negra Laurie Ouellette Gareth Palmer Kirsten Pike Maria Pramaggiore Kimberly Springer Rebecca Stephens Lindsay Steenberg Brenda R. Weber<br> </div>