Reality TV: Realism and Revelation
- ISBN-10
- 1904764045
- ISBN-13
- 9781904764045
- Series
- Reality TV
- Category
- Art
- Pages
- 183
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005
- Publisher
- Wallflower Press
- Authors
- Anita Biressi, Heather Nunn
Description
"Through detailed case studies this book breaks new ground by linking together two major themes: the production of realism and its relationship to revelation. It addresses 'truth telling', confession and the production of knowledges about the self and its place in the world".--BOOKJACKET.
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