Bodies, identities, and voices on American idol

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dc.contributor.advisorStaiger, Janeten
dc.contributor.committeeMemberFuller, Jenniferen
dc.creatorBoyd, Maria Suzanneen
dc.date.accessioned2011-01-04T15:56:25Zen
dc.date.accessioned2011-01-04T15:56:31Zen
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-11T22:20:59Z
dc.date.available2011-01-04T15:56:25Zen
dc.date.available2011-01-04T15:56:31Zen
dc.date.available2017-05-11T22:20:59Z
dc.date.issued2010-08en
dc.date.submittedAugust 2010en
dc.date.updated2011-01-04T15:56:31Zen
dc.descriptiontexten
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines the ways in which American Idol producers rely on the white, Christian, heterosexual, middle-class, Americanness of contestants’ bodies and identities to advance the show’s American Dream narrative. When contestants do not meet all four of the components of Americaness, producers highlight some aspects of the contestants’ identities while hiding other truths about who they are. Additionally, those contestants who are able to adhere simultaneously to their producer-constructed personas while also asserting their individuality tend to fair best in the competition.en
dc.description.departmentRadio-Television-Filmen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2010-08-1719en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.subjectAmerican idolen
dc.subjectReality TVen
dc.subjectAmerican dreamen
dc.subjectTelevisionen
dc.subjectWhitenessen
dc.subjectRaceen
dc.subjectGayen
dc.subjectHomosexualen
dc.subjectGenderen
dc.subjectStereotypesen
dc.titleBodies, identities, and voices on American idolen
dc.type.genrethesisen

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