Here for All the Reasons: Why We Watch the Bachelor - Couverture souple

Allen, Samantha; Fallon, Claire; Garza, Ness Ilene; Gerard, Sarah; Gray, Emma; Huynh, Carolyn; Levinson, Alana Hope; Kadlec, Jeanna; Kayata, Erin; Kehila, Shir; Masterson, Jessica; MC, Tamara; Mojica Rodrguez, Prisca Dorcas; Moser, Julia; Muise, Milo R.; Omaki, Zainab; Reizman, Renee; Rohloff, Emma; Rosen, Samantha Paige; Stoner, Adriane; Tenz, Courtney; Tolley, Chrissy; Ungar-Sargon, Alisa; Vershbow, Sophie; Zets, Serena

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1684426111 ISBN 13 : 9781684426119

Editeur : Turner Publishing Company, 2026

Synopsis

The Bachelor franchise has been around for over two decades and amassed an army of fans across its four shows. While contestants battle to prove they're here for the right reasons, Bachelor Nation is confronting their own question--Why are we here and why can't we stop watching?

Devout franchise fans Ilana Masad and Stevie Seibert Desjarlais pose the big questions to Bachelor Nation: Who are we? What does the franchise mean to us? And seriously, why on earth can we not stop watching?

For years, fans of the Bachelor franchise have laughed with and at contestants; cried along with their heartbreaks; tuned in again and again each season despite feeling betrayed by producer and contestant decisions alike; and celebrated, alone and together, the love (or loveless) lives of perfect strangers on our television screens. And we wonder, really, why? With reality TV broadly characterized as "trash TV," why are so many intelligent, funny, and critical people watching and discussing it?

Here for All the Reasons seeks to answer this question, diving into the complex negotiations of gender, racial, and class politics that arise within the fandom. This anthology is a polyvocal exploration of Bachelor Nation for Bachelor Nation. So, will you accept our rose and join the chat?

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À propos des auteurs

Ilana Masad is a writer of fiction, nonfiction, and criticism whose work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, NPR, The Atlantic, and many more. She holds a doctorate from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and is the author of the novels All My Mother's Lovers and, most recently, Beings.

Stevie K. Seibert Desjarlais is an assistant professor at the University of Nebraska-Omaha. Her teaching and research interests include representations of gender, race, and class in US literature, film, and pop culture. Her writing appears in the Quarterly Review of Film and Video, Journal of Popular Film and Television, and Pedagogy. Even though she now lives in Nebraska--with her husband, two dogs, and cat--Stevie is a southern Californian at heart.

Kelli McAdams is a book designer and illustrator based in Brooklyn, New York. She is currently a senior designer at Atria & Gallery Books. You can see more of her work at her website, kellimcadams.com, or find her on instagram @kleemcadams.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Turner Publishing Company
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1684426111
• ISBN 13: 9781684426119
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 242
• Éditeur: Masad Ilana, Seibert Desjarlais Stevie K.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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