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Peng, Yuzhu (Altman) (2022) Gender essentialism in Chinese reality TV : a case study of you are so beautiful. Television & New Media, 23 (7). pp. 743-760. doi:10.1177/15274764211027234 ISSN 1527-4764.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/15274764211027234
Abstract
This article provides a feminist analysis of Chinese reality TV, using the recent makeover show—You Are So Beautiful (你怎么这么好看) as a case study. I argue that the notion of gender essentialism is highlighted in the production of You Are So Beautiful, which distances the Chinese show from its original American format—Queer Eye. This phenomenon is indicative of how existing gender power relations influence the production of popular cultural texts in post-reform China, where capitalism and authoritarianism weave a tangled web. The outcomes of the research articulate the interplay between post-socialist gender politics and reality TV production in the Chinese context.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN1990 Broadcasting |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Applied Linguistics | ||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Reality television programs -- China, You Are So Beautiful (Television programs), Makeover television programs -- China, Homosexuality and television -- China, Sex role -- Political aspects -- China | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Television & New Media | ||||||
| Publisher: | Sage Publications Inc | ||||||
| ISSN: | 1527-4764 | ||||||
| Official Date: | November 2022 | ||||||
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| Volume: | 23 | ||||||
| Number: | 7 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 743-760 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.1177/15274764211027234 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 23 March 2022 | ||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 25 March 2022 |
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