Who Got the Camera?: A History of Rap and Reality

by Eric Harvey

Book Overview

Reality first appeared in the late 1980s--in the sense not of real life but rather of the TV entertainment genre inaugurated by shows such as Cops and America's Most Wanted; the daytime gabfests of Geraldo, Oprah, and Donahue; and the tabloid news of A Current Affair. In a bracing work of cultural criticism, Eric Harvey argues that reality TV emerged in dialog with another kind of entertainment that served as its foil while borrowing its techniques:...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1477321349
• ISBN13: 9781477321348
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.1"