The Great American Makeover

Download or read book The Great American Makeover written by D. Heller and published by Springer. This book was released on 2006-11-27 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great American Makeover is a collection of essays that explore the American makeover mythos that has been recently repackaged in the form of popular makeover television programs such as Extreme Makeover, The Swan, Supernanny, and Queer Eye for the Straight Guy.

Download or read book First Daughter written by Mitali Perkins and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During her father's presidential campaign, sixteen-year-old Sameera Righton, who was adopted from Pakistan at the age of three, struggles with campaign staffers who want to give her a more "all-American" image and create a fake weblog in her name.

Download or read book Extreme Makeover written by Teresa Tomeo and published by Ignatius Press. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author presents research and her perspectives on how the teachings of the Catholic Church both liberate and dignify women.

Download or read book Self-Help, Inc. written by Micki McGee and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2005-09-08 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why doesn't self-help help? Micki McGee explores the demand for self-help & what it tells us about ourselves.

Download or read book Makeover Television written by Dana Alice Heller and published by . This book was released on with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores makeover television, the reality format that cuts across all genres and time slots. Chapters examine how makeover programming annexes the private space of the home, transforms the body through surgery and rigorous discipline, recreates aspects of consumer lifestyle and social identity and much more.

Download or read book The Great American Pin-up written by Charles G. Martignette and published by Taschen America Llc. This book was released on 1996 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the origins and the development in detail and showcasing the most important artists. More than 900 colour illustrations.

Download or read book Millennial Makeover written by Morley Winograd and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2008-02-04 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new in paperback edition includes a new afterword written specifically for this volume. Morley Winograd and Michael D. Hais review the developments of the 2008 presidential election and demonstrate how the coming of age of a millennial generation and the expansion of a new communication technology produced another realignment, just as these twin forces of change have done throughout U.S. history.