Real Talk: Reality Television and Discourse Analysis in Action
This is the first book to examine the discourse of reality television. Chapters provide rigorous case studies of the discourse practices that characterise a wide range of generic and linguistic/cultural contexts, including dating shows in China and Spain,
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Nuria Lorenzo-Dus and Pilar Garcés-Conejos Blitvich
Real Talk: Reality Television and Discourse Analysis in Action
Also by Nuria Lorenzo-Dus SPANISH AT WORK: Analysing Institutional Discourse across the Spanish-Speaking World (editor) TELEVISION DISCOURSE: Analysing Language in the Media Also by Pilar Garcés-Conejos Blitvich PRAGMATICS AND CONTEXT (co-editor)
Real Talk: Reality Television and Discourse Analysis in Action Edited by
Nuria Lorenzo-Dus Swansea University, UK
and
Pilar Garcés-Conejos Blitvich University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
Selection and editorial matter © Nuria Lorenzo-Dus and Pilar Garcés-Conejos Blitvich 2013 Individual chapters © Respective authors 2013 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2013 978-0-230-36871-2 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2013 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-0-230-36872-9
ISBN 978-1-137-31346-1 (eBook)
DOI 10.1057/9781137313461
This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. Typeset by MPS Limited, Chennai, India. Transferred to Digital Printing in 2014
Contents List of Tables
vii
List of Figures
viii
Acknowledgments
ix
Notes on Contributors
x
Introduction
1
Part I The Reality of Discourse and Discourse Analysis: Theory, Approaches, Practices 1 Reality television: a discourse-analytical perspective Pilar Garcés-Conejos Blitvich and Nuria Lorenzo-Dus 2 Discourse approaches to the study of reality television Nuria Lorenzo-Dus and Pilar Garcés-Conejos Blitvich
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