Fat women, performance and subversive commodification on Ghanaian reality television.

Critics of weight loss reality shows often present the contestants as victims of commodification and exploitation without any form of agency. This paper seeks to contest this one-sided view of such shows. It draws on interviews with the producers and 19 contestants in the first season of a dance rea...

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Publicado en:	Media, Culture & Society Vol. 43; no. 7; pp. 1230 - 1247
Autores principales:	Resario, Rashida, Darkwah, Akosua K
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Sage Publications, Ltd. Oct2021
Materias:	Ghana Reality television programs Overweight women Commodification Television program ratings Television stations Ghanaians
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