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Music, Media, and Identity in American Idol

By: Katherine Meizel

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Paperback | 1 February 2011

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The hit television program American Idol provides a stage where the politics of national, regional, ethnic, and religious identity are performed for millions of viewers. Diversity is carefully highlighted and coached into a viable commodity by judges, argues Katherine Meizel, with contestants packaged into familiar portraits of American identities. Consumer choice, as expressed by audience voting, also shapes the course of the show-negotiating ideas of democracy and opportunity closely associated with the American Dream. Through interviews with audience members and participants, and careful analyses of television broadcasts, commercial recordings, and print and online media, Meizel demonstrates that commercial music and the music industry are not simply forces to be criticized or resisted, but critical sites for redefining American culture.

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"An engaging analysis of one of the most important developments of the past decade for popular music on television." Chris McDonald, author of Rush, Rock Music, and the Middle Class "Meizel's ambitious book is a model of clarity and seriousness in its treatment of American Idol, American identity, the American mood in the early 21st century." Matt Stahl, University of Western Ontario

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Non-Fiction Society & Culture Media Studies Cultural Studies Popular Culture Arts & Entertainment Music Music Styles & Genres Rock & Pop Music Film, TV & Radio Television Television Soap Operas

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction: No Boundaries	p. 1
Facing Reality: American Idol as Reality Television	p. 19
Facing the Music	p. 51
Win or Lose: Success and Failure and the American Dream	p. 81
Idol Worship: Civil and Sacral Religion in American Idol	p. 102
Going Places	p. 134
Politics as Usual	p. 160
The United Nations of Pop: Global Franchise and Geopolitics	p. 192
Epilogue: Crystallized	p. 220
Notes	p. 229
Works Cited	p. 263
Index	p. 293
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