The Great American Makeover: Television, History, Nation

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
List of Figures......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 10
1 Before: “Things Just Keep Getting Better…”......Page 12
Part I: The Makeover Mythos, Past to Present......Page 20
2 A Theatrical Manager: John Brown and the Radical Politics of the American Makeover Mythos......Page 22
3 Plantation Makeover: Joel Chandler Harris’s Myths and Violations......Page 44
4 Making Over the New Adam......Page 62
5 What Paris Reveals: The Sartorial and Sensual Transformation of American Girls......Page 76
6 Making Over Body and Soul: In His Steps and the Roots of Evangelical Popular Culture......Page 96
7 Metrosexuality: See the Bright Light of Commodification Shine! Watch Yanqui Masculinity Made over!......Page 116
Part II: Makeover Television Formats, 1950–Today......Page 134
8 The Cinderella Makeover: Glamour Girl, Television Misery Shows, and 1950s Femininity......Page 136
9 Queen for a Day: Remaking Consumer Culture, One Woman at a Time......Page 152
10 Interior Design: Commodifying Self and Place in Extreme Makeover, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, and The Swan......Page 170
11 “Help Is On the Way!”: Supernanny, Nanny 911, and the Neoliberal Politics of the Family......Page 186
12 Extreme Makeover Homeland Security Edition......Page 204
13 Changing Properties: The Makeover Show Crosses the Atlantic......Page 222
14 After: Warhol’s “Reveal”......Page 242
About the Contributors......Page 250
C......Page 253
G......Page 254
M......Page 255
S......Page 256
Z......Page 257