Hixploitation: Redneck Reality TV
MTV's "Buckwild" (think "Jersey Shore", but in West Virginia) is the latest in a slew of unscripted shows set in the American South. "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo!" and "Duck Dynasty" are big hits, but there are many others like "Swamp People", "Bayou Billionaires" and "Rocket City Rednecks." Brent breaks down this new phenomenon with Professor Karen Cox, author of...
MTV's "Buckwild" (think "Jersey Shore", but in West Virginia) is the latest in a slew of unscripted shows set in the American South. "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo!" and "Duck Dynasty" are big hits, but there are many others like "Swamp People", "Bayou Billionaires" and "Rocket City Rednecks." Brent breaks down this new phenomenon with Professor Karen Cox, author of Dreaming of Dixie: How the South Was Created in American Popular Culture; Eric Deggans, culture and TV Critic for the Tampa Bay Times; and Professor James Cobb, author of Away Down South: A History of Southern Identity.