Religion as a makeover : reality, lifestyle and spiritual transformation

DELLER, Ruth A. (2015). Religion as a makeover : reality, lifestyle and spiritual transformation. International Journal of Cultural Studies, 18 (3), 291-303.

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Abstract

In this article I discuss the relationship between religion, spirituality and processes of makeover and transformation as presented in a number of British reality television shows. Programmes including The Monastery, The Convent and Make Me a Muslim placed participants in scenarios where they experimented with adopting religious or spiritual practices as part of their journey of self-transformation. I argue that the nature of transformation in these programmes is in line with standard reality and makeover television practices. However, it also makes a claim to be more ‘authentic’ than these because of its unfolding within the more traditional environs of religious communities from which makeover culture’s narratives of transgression, repentance and salvation were originally derived.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Published online before print January 16, 2014
Research Institute, Centre or Group - Does NOT include content added after October 2018:	Cultural Communication and Computing Research Institute > Communication and Computing Research Centre
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1177/1367877913513687
Page Range:	291-303
Depositing User:	Ruth Deller
Date Deposited:	04 Jun 2013 13:38
Last Modified:	17 Mar 2021 14:46
URI:	https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/7032

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