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Tribal Warfare: Survivor and the Political Unconscious of Reality Television

Tribal Warfare: Survivor and the Political Unconscious of Reality Television

Wright, Christopher J.

Paperback

Series: Critical Studies in Television

Television

ISBN10: 0739111663
ISBN13: 9780739111666
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: Jun 20 2006
Pages: 222
Weight: 0.73
Height: 0.67 Width: 6.04 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Tribal Warfare thoroughly investigates a central element of the hit reality television show Survivor that the existing literature on reality television has overlooked: class politics. Christopher J. Wright combines textual analysis and survey research to demonstrate that Survivor operates and resonates as a political allegory. Using the work of Fredric Jameson, this book reveals how Survivor frames its characters as haves and have-nots. For those new to Jameson, Wright breaks down the theorist's complex notion of the political unconscious into easily understandable language. Furthermore, using the results of a survey of Survivor viewers, Tribal Warfare demonstrates that viewers divide along gender, racial, age, and-most significantly-class-related lines in their consumption of, and reaction to, the program. The first book to explore the premise of Survivor as society, this unique work serves as both an engaging analysis of a popular television program and a highly readable primer for those new to critical theory.

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