Reality TV?Æs Real Men of the Recession: White Masculinity in Crisis and the Rise of Trumpism

In the 2000s, reality programs showcasing white, working-class men performing hazardous occupations in wilderness settings proliferated on U.S. cable networks. Shannon O'Sullivan argues that this genre represents a reactionary veneration of white, rural, working-class men as "real Americans" amid the Great Recession and current events.

• | Author: Shannon O'Sullivan
• | Publisher: Lexington Books
• | Publication Date: Oct 11, 2022
• | Number of Pages: 198 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Performing Arts
• | ISBN-10: 166690001X
• | ISBN-13: 9781666900019