Real Talk: Reality Television and Discourse Analysis in Action : : ()

Blitvich, Pilar Garces-Conejos

ISBN 10: 0230368719 / ISBN 13: 9780230368712

Published by Palgrave, 2013

About this Item

This is the first book to examine the discourse of reality television. Chapters provide rigorous case studies of the discourse practices that characterise a wide range of generic and linguistic/cultural contexts, including dating shows in China and Spain, docudramas in Argentina and New Zealand, and talent shows in the UK and USA.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Real Talk: Reality Television and Discourse Analysis in Action : : ()
• Publisher: Palgrave
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0230368719
• ISBN 13: 9780230368712
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New

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Synopsis

This is the first book to examine the discourse of reality television. Chapters provide rigorous case studies of the discourse practices that characterise a wide range of generic and linguistic/cultural contexts, including dating shows in China and Spain, docudramas in Argentina and New Zealand, and talent shows in the UK and USA.

About the Author

Monika Bednarek, University of Sydney, Australia José Luis Blas-Arroyo, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón, Spain Patricia Bou-Franch, University of Valencia, Spain Jonathan Culpeper, Lancaster University, UK Pilar Garcés-Conejos Blitvich, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA Cynthia Gordon, Syracuse University, USA Oliver Holmes, previously of Lancaster University, UK Nuria Lorenzo-Dus, Swansea University, UK María Laura Pardo, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina Philippa K. Smith, AUT University in Auckland, New Zealand Andrew Tolson, De Montfort University, UK