5 The Lure of the Show: Talk Shows as Entertainment

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. 1 Talk Shows, Public Discourse, and Cultural Politics 1
5. 2 The Business of Talk 23
6. 3 Talk Shows and Everyday Life 58
7. 4 Making Sense of the Shows: Discerning “Legitimate” Discourse 94
8. 5 The Lure of the Show: Talk Shows as Entertainment 157
9. 6 Utopian Hauntings? 196
10. Appendix A: Methodology 205
11. Appendix B: The Women Who Participated in the Study 209
12. Notes 219
13. Bibliography 227
14. Index 241
15. About the Author 255