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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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Published in:Media, Culture & Society Vol. 43; no. 7; pp. 1230 - 1247
Main Authors: Resario, Rashida, Darkwah, Akosua K
Format: Article
Published: Sage Publications, Ltd. Oct2021
Subjects:
Ghana
Reality television programs
Overweight women
Commodification
Television program ratings
Television stations
Ghanaians
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