How Long to Read Love is on the Air [microform] : Gender, Pedagogy, and the Subject(s) of Romance Reality TV

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It takes the average reader 12 hours and 54 minutes to read Love is on the Air [microform] : Gender, Pedagogy, and the Subject(s) of Romance Reality TV by Renee M. Sgroi

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Description

This thesis investigates the contemporary phenomenon of romance reality TV, in which the central focus is the formation of romantic, heterosexual relationships between non-actors, by examining in particular Fox Network's joe Millionaire, which first aired in January 2003. I investigate this show as a trend of "feminine entertainment" in which the focus on heterosexual romance and couple formation both constructs a female subject and addresses an imagined female audience. Following Foucault (1972), I borrow the term "discourse" to refer to sets of practices that make certain knowledges possible to the exclusion of other possible knowledges, in order to examine how the female subject is constructed on this show, which discourses are mobilized in the process and why. My purpose in doing so is to begin to understand the phenomenon of romance reality TV within the broader social context of neo-liberalism, especially in the way that the family is theorized within this context (Hennessy, 2000). From this I draw conclusions about the terms upon which the discourses work to address (Ellsworth, 1997) and construct both a "female audience" and a female subject. To do this, my thesis follows Davies' (1992, 2000a) work on the importance of understanding of narrative and its relationship to the formation of the subject. I examine the narratives through which the shows are organized: heterosexual romance (Radway, 1991), melodrama (Elsaesser, 1972/1987; Gledhill, 1987), confession and self help (Foucault, 1978/1990; Peck, 1994; Rimke, 2000; Rose, 1996; Shattuc, 1997; Stallybrass & White, 1986; White, 2002); and game show (DeLong, 1991; Fiske, 1987; Haralovich and Trosset, 2004; Holbrook, 1993; Propp, 2003). I trace the formation of female subject positions on joe Millionaire, especially as they are constructed in relation to masculinities (Beynon, 2002; Connell, 1995). My thesis concludes by offering an understanding of how the structure of romance on reality TV affects the production of the female subject who appears both as representation and as imagined female viewer.

How long is Love is on the Air [microform] : Gender, Pedagogy, and the Subject(s) of Romance Reality TV?

Love is on the Air [microform] : Gender, Pedagogy, and the Subject(s) of Romance Reality TV by Renee M. Sgroi is 756 pages long, and a total of 193,536 words.

This makes it 255% the length of the average book. It also has 237% more words than the average book.

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The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 17 hours and 37 minutes to read Love is on the Air [microform] : Gender, Pedagogy, and the Subject(s) of Romance Reality TV aloud.

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Love is on the Air [microform] : Gender, Pedagogy, and the Subject(s) of Romance Reality TV is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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