Roles, Rules, and Rebellions: Creating the Carnivalesque through the Judges' Behaviors on America's Next Top Model
2012; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 63; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/10510974.2012.678923
ISSN1745-1035
AutoresTracey Owens Patton, Julie Snyder-Yuly,
Tópico(s)Rhetoric and Communication Studies
ResumoThe concept of the carnival gained popularity from Russian philosopher, Mikhail Bakhtin. Through his work, Rabelais and his World, Bakhtin reconstructs a type of folk humor that challenges the hegemonic hierarchy through humor, masquerades, and performance. This article is a critical analysis of the reality show, America's Next Top Model. We raise the notion of Bahktin's carnival to examine and critique how the show's judges use concepts of the carnival and carnivalesque in a postmodern, televisual era in order to invert standard themes of society through the fashion and modeling industries. We argue that the use of carnivalesque techniques by the judges provide a means of temporary power, where they would normally be marginalized or have less access to power in general society.
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