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TELEVISION & NEW MEDIA
Volume 23, Issue 7, Pages 743-760Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/15274764211027234
Keywords
China; reality TV; post-socialist gender politics; Queer Eye; You Are So Beautiful
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This article provides a feminist analysis of Chinese reality TV, using the recent makeover show-You Are So Beautiful as a case study. The notion of gender essentialism is highlighted in the production of the Chinese show, which distances it from its original American format-Queer Eye. This phenomenon reflects how existing gender power relations influence the production of popular cultural texts in post-reform China, where capitalism and authoritarianism intertwine.
This article provides a feminist analysis of Chinese reality TV, using the recent makeover show-You Are So Beautiful () 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.
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