"Wake up, Boo": race and the performance of wokeness in Big Brother 22

• Published in: Communication and critical/cultural studies Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 119 - 135
• Main Author: Blackwell, Gretta
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Routledge 02.01.2025; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: "Woke TV"; Cultural studies; gamedocs; Race; reality television; wokeness

Through a critical reading of the twenty-second season of CBS' Big Brother (BB22), this essay outlines how the series performs wokeness and examines the significance of these performances for contemporary understandings of race. I argue the series performs wokeness through enacting microreparat...