Big Brother, Bigg Boss: Reality Television as Global Form

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Titre
Big Brother, Bigg Boss: Reality Television as Global Form
Résumé
This chapter looks at one well-known format in reality television– Big Brother (Bigg Boss in India) – in order to shed light on the complicated relationship between the forces of globalization, national and local cultural formations and the dictates of commercially driven entertainment. It analyses the essential features of format television to argue that the very mode of its constitution as an economic and aesthetic object inclines it towards the global. The chapter elucidates the reality behind global cultural formations by discussing the two main theoretical approaches to the question of global culture – cultural imperialism and cultural globalization. It also offers some speculations about how reality television embodies global form and thus functions as a sort of “Bigg Boss” that dictates contemporary modes of meaningful behaviour.
Titre du livre
Channeling Cultures: Television Studies from India
Lieu
New Dehli
Maison d’édition
Oxford University Press
Date
1 février 2014
Pages
201-225
Langue
Anglais
ISBN
978-0-19-908288-9
Référence
Sen, B. (2014). Big Brother, Bigg Boss: Reality Television as Global Form. Dans Channeling Cultures: Television Studies from India (p. 201‑225). Oxford University Press. https://worldcat.org/en/title/941887407
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