Scandalous Romance Down Under: Becoming and Unbecoming a Heroine in the Bachelor/Ette Australia and the Bachelorette New Zealand

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aut.relation.journalJournal of Popular Romance Studies
aut.relation.volume12
dc.contributor.authorMcAlister, Jodi
dc.contributor.authorTrelease, Rebecca
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-15T23:30:56Z
dc.date.available2023-10-15T23:30:56Z
dc.date.issued2022-07-25
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines how scandal functions to determine “appropriate behaviour” for women participating in the Bachelor/ette format. Based on Adut’s (2005) three key components of a scandal—the violation, the reaction, and the subsequent discredit—we examine how reality TV participants can be positioned as “transgressive”. We use two case studies to provide insight into regional variations of a franchise usually explored from an American perspective, examining the narratives of Abbie Chatfield and Lesina Nakhid-Schuster in The Bachelor/ette in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. We uncover the assumptions, revealed through scandal, underpinning the idea of a “good” romantic heroine within this format; and explore the ways in which these participants have navigated scandal and reshaped their narratives post-show in order to reclaim the narrative position of heroine. We argue that sincerity is fundamental to being considered a heroine: both our case studies were positioned as disingenuous during the show, but post show were able to lay claim to a level of authenticity and sincerity that allowed them to reposition themselves.
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Popular Romance Studies, ISSN: 2159-4473 (Print), 12.
dc.identifier.issn2159-4473
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10292/16786
dc.relation.urihttps://www.jprstudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/SRDU.07.2023.pdf
dc.rights.accessrightsOpenAccess
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.subject1904 Performing Arts and Creative Writing
dc.subject2001 Communication and Media Studies
dc.subject2002 Cultural Studies
dc.subject4405 Gender studies
dc.subject4705 Literary studies
dc.titleScandalous Romance Down Under: Becoming and Unbecoming a Heroine in the Bachelor/Ette Australia and the Bachelorette New Zealand
dc.typeJournal Article
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