Reality Television, Affect and Intimacy
Reality Matters
Published on 31. October 2008
Book
Hardback
XIV, 191 pages
978-0-230-54550-2 (ISBN)
Description
Reality Television, Affect and Intimacy explains the appeal of reality television in terms of the affective power of the mediated image. In place of common objections that reality TV is 'not real', Misha Kavka argues that the feelings of intimacy engendered by unscripted drama are both real and socially informative.
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Series
Edition
2008 edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Paper over boards
Illustrations
XIV, 191 p.
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
431 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-230-54550-2 (9780230545502)
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
01/2014
Palgrave Macmillan
€96.29
The article will not be published
Person
MISHA KAVKA teaches in the Department of Film, Television and Media Studies at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. She is the co-editor of two books,
Feminist Consequences
(2001) and
Gothic NZ: The Darker Side of Kiwi Culture
(2006), and has published numerous articles on reality television, gothic film and feminist theory.
Content
List of Illustrations Preface Technologies of Intimacy Media and Affect: The Matter of Feeling The Mediation of the Public Sphere Intimate Strangers: Big Brother and the Everyday Real-Love TV: Romantic Epistemologies The Public Sphere Queered Epilogue: Everyday Noise Notes Bibliography Index