The Great American Makeover

1. Before: “Things Just Keep Getting Better…”
Dana Heller

Part 1. The Makeover Mythos, Past to Present

2. A Theatrical Manager:John Brown and the Radical Politics of the American Makeover Mythos
Zoe Trodd

3. Plantation Makeover: Joel Chandler Harris’s Myths and Violations
Claire Pamplin

4. Making over the New Adam
Melissa Crawley

5. What Paris Reveals: The Sartorial and Sensual Transformation of American Girls
Alisia G. Chase

6. Making over Body and Soul: In His Steps and the Roots of Evangelical Popular Culture
Clay Motley

7. Metrosexuality: See the Bright Light of Commodification Shine! Watch Yanqui Masculinity Made over!1,2
Toby Miller

Part II. Makeover Television Formats, 1950—Today

8. The Cinderella Makeover: Glamour Girl, Television Misery Shows, and 1950s Femininity
Marsha F. Cassidy

9. Queen for a Day: Remaking Consumer Culture, One Woman at a Time
Amber Watts

10. Interior Design: Commodifying Self and Place in Extreme Makeover, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, and The Swan
June Deery

11. “Help is on the Way!”: Supernanny, Nanny 9 11, and the Neoliberal Politics of the Family
Ron Becker

12. Extreme Makeover Homeland Security Edition
Jennifer Gillan

13. Changing Properties: The Makeover Show Crosses the Atlantic
Misha Kavka

14. After: Warhol’s “Reveal”
Lynn Spigel

Avainsanat: History, Cultural History, Media Studies, Film History, Social History, Media Research, Cultural Studies