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Gender essentialism in Chinese reality TV: A case study of You Are So Beautiful

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Abstract

This article provides a feminist analysis of Chinese reality TV, using the recent makeover show – You Are So Beautiful (你怎么这么好看) as a case study. I argue that the notion of gender essentialism is highlighted in the production of You Are So Beautiful, which distances the Chinese show from its original American format– Queer Eye. This phenomenon is indicative of how existing gender power relations influence the production of popular cultural texts in post-reform China, where capitalism and authoritarianism weave a tangled web. The outcomes of the research articulate the interplay between post-socialist gender politics and reality TV production in the Chinese context.

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Author(s): Peng AY

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Television & New Media

Year: 2022

Volume: 23

Issue: 7

Pages: 743-760

Print publication date: 01/11/2022

Online publication date: 25/06/2021

Acceptance date: 18/05/2021

Date deposited: 25/06/2021

ISSN (print): 1527-4764

ISSN (electronic): 1552-8316

Publisher: SAGE

URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/15274764211027234

DOI: 10.1177/15274764211027234

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