Women's Studies 2161A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Essex Man, Scripted Reality, Reality Television

• School: Western University
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: Women's Studies 2161A/B
• Professor: Nichole Edwards

Document Summary

Classed femininity, performativity, and camp in british structured reality programming. By: faye woods: the us television industry focuses on the aspirational lifestyles of wealthy twenty- something women in los angela"s and new york. Regional representations in structured reality: essex man was coined in 1980"s to refer to the aspirational working class specifically. Classed femininities and the operation of aspiration and distaste: the appearance of individuals always looks effortless, perfectly cut hair, right amount of makeup, glowing tans, this ideology of naturalness seeks to present them as both normalized yet elite.