Su Holmes

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• 2015

  Here, There and Nowhere: Ageing, Gender and Celebrity Studies

  Holmes, S. & Jermyn, D., 2015, Women, Celebrity and Cultures of Ageing: Freeze Frame. Jermyn, D. & Holmes, S. (eds.). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 11-24 14 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
  4 Citations (Scopus)
• 2010

  Reality TV and 'Ordinary' People: Re-visiting Celebrity, Performance and Authenticity

  Holmes, S., 2010, Trans-Reality Television: The Transgression of Reality, Genre, Politics and Audience. van Bauwel, S. & Carpenter, N. (eds.). Plymouth: Lexington Books, p. 251-274 24 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• 2009

  Television Talent Shows. ‘”Thank You, Voters”: Approaching the Audience for Music and Television in the Reality-Pop Phenomenon

  Holmes, S., 2009, Sound and Music in Film and Visual Media A Critical Overview A Critical Overview. Harper, G., Doughty, R. & Eisentraut, J. (eds.). Continuum

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• The television audience cannot be expected to bear too much reality…The Family (BBC, 1974) and Reality TV

  Holmes, S., 2009, The Tube Has Spoken, Reality TV as History. Dvorak, K. & Taddeo, J. (eds.). University Press of Kentucky, p. 98-123 26 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• 2008

  Ask the fastidious woman from Surbiton to hand-wash the underpants of the ageing Oldham skinhead…': Why not Wife Swap?

  Holmes, S., 2008, Rethinking Documentary: A Documentary Reader. Austin, T. & de Jong, W. (eds.). Open University Press, p. 59-74 16 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• A Term Rather Too General to be Helpful': Struggling with Genre in Reality TV

  Holmes, S., 2008, The Shifting Definitions of Genre, Generic Canons. Geraghty, L. & Jancovich, M. (eds.). McFarland, p. 21-39 19 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Outrageously Bad Taste: The BBC, the Critics and the Controversy over This is Your Life in the 1950's

  Holmes, S., 2008, Narrating Media History. Bailey, M. (ed.). Routledge

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• 2007

  ‘A Friendly Style of Presentation that the BBC had always found elusive’: The 1950’s Cinema Programme and the Construction of British Television History

  Holmes, S., 2007, Re-viewing Television History. Wheatly, H. (ed.). I B Tauris, p. 67-81 15 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• 2006

  It’s a Jungle Out There!: The Game of Fame in Celebrity Reality TV

  Holmes, S., 2006, Framing Celebrity: New Directions in Celebrity Culture. Holmes, S. & Redmond, S. (eds.). Routledge, p. 45-66 22 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• When Will I be Famous?: Reappraising the Debate about Fame in Reality TV

  Holmes, S., 2006, Essays on Truth and Representation: How Real is Reality TV?. Escoffery, D. S. (ed.). McFarland and Company, p. 6-21 16 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• 2004

  “All you’ve got to worry about is the task, having a cup of tea, and what you’re going to eat for dinner”: Approaching Celebrity in Big Brother

  Holmes, S., 2004, Understanding Reality Television. Holmes & Jermyn (eds.). Routledge, p. 111-135 25 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter