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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.
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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