The Great American Makeover

Introduction: Things Just Keep Getting Better; D.Heller PART ONE: THE MAKEOVER MYTHOS, PAST TO PRESENT A Theatrical Manager: John Brown and the Radical Politics of the American Makeover Mythos; Z.Trodd Race, Myths and Violations: Joel Chandler Harris's Plantation Makeover; C.Pamplin Making Over the New Adam; M.Crawley What Paris Reveals: The Sartorial and Sensual Transformation of American Girls; A.Chase Making Over Body and Soul: In His Steps and the Roots of Evangelical Popular Culture; C.Motley Metrosexuality: See the Bright Light of Commodification Shine! Watch Yanqui Masculinity Made Over; T. Miller PART TWO: MAKEOVER TELEVISION FORMATS, 1950 - TODAY The Cinderella Makeover: Glamour Girl, Television Misery Shows and 1950s Femininity; M.F.Cassidy Queen for a Day: Remaking Consumer Culture, One Woman at a Time; A.Watts Interior Design: Commodifying Self and Place in Extreme Makeover, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, and The Swan; J.Deery "Help Is On the Way!" Supernanny, Nanny 911 and the Neoliberal Politics of the Family; R.Becker Extreme Makeover: Home(land Security) Edition; J.Gillan Changing Properties: The Makeover Show Crosses the Atlantic; M.Kavka Conclusion: The Reveal; L.Spigel

DANA HELLER is Professor of English and Director of the Humanities Institute at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, USA.