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Tribal Warfare
Survivor and the Political Unconscious of Reality Television
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2006
Summary
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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Copyright year
2006
ISBN-Print
978-0-7391-1165-9
ISBN-Online
978-0-7391-6202-6
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
197
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List of Figures No access
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Preface: A Note on Television, Marx, Freud, and Semiotics No access
Acknowledgments No access
Introduction: "Interrogating the Obvious": Survivor as Cultural Touchstone No access Pages 1 - 6
1 "You Cannot Talk to the Guys in the Boat": Survivor as the False Real No access Pages 7 - 14
2 "Apparently Reprehensible Material": The Political Unconscious and Popular Culture No access Pages 15 - 26
3 "If It Happens Again ...": Repression and the Tagi Alliance No access Pages 27 - 44
4 "They're All Lying to Me": Repression Among Contestants No access Pages 45 - 62
5 "A Really Passionate Affair": Repression Through Editing No access Pages 63 - 72
6 "These Three Girls Have All Been Riding Coattails": Survivor's Gender Wars No access Pages 73 - 94
7 "Thrashing Around Like I'm Thirty-Five": Paradoxes of Aging on Survivor No access Pages 95 - 108
8 "This Thing Runs Deeper Than a Game": Survivor's Troubles With Race No access Pages 109 - 134
