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Acts of laughter, acts of tears: The production of ‘truth-effects’ in Oriana Fox’s ‘The O Show’ and Gillian Wearing’s ‘Self Made’

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dc.creatorWalsh, Maria
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-08T13:22:28Z
dc.date.available2019-01-08T13:22:28Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractIn this article, I explore the ‘truth-effects’ of the performative dimension of two artists’ works: Oriana Fox’s therapy chat show THE O SHOW (2011-ongoing), episodes of which were performed live and broadcast simultaneously online, and Gillian Wearing’s experimental documentary SELF-MADE (2010). Situating my argument in relation to Lionel Trilling’s SINCERITY AND AUTHENTICITY, I claim that authenticity has changed in contemporary cognitive capitalism from modernity’s advocacy of self-alienation to becoming a matter of ‘doing’ sincerity by means of deploying ritualistic formulae or techniques in social exchange. This is exemplified in the artists’ works by techniques such as R.E.B.T. (Rational Emotional Behavioural Therapy) and Method acting, which are used to produce a slippage between authenticity and sincerity for performers and spectators alike.en
dc.identifier.doi10.25969/mediarep/3383
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.necsus-ejms.org/test/acts-of-laughter-acts-of-tears-the-production-of-truth-effects-in-oriana-foxs-the-o-show-and-gillian-wearings-self-made/
dc.identifier.urihttps://mediarep.org/handle/doc/4152
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherAmsterdam University Press
dc.publisher.placeAmsterdam
dc.relation.isPartOfissn:2213-0217
dc.relation.ispartofseriesNECSUS. European Journal of Media Studies
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
dc.subjectAuthentizitätde
dc.subjectTherapiede
dc.subjectWahrheitde
dc.subjectauthenticityen
dc.subjectsincerityen
dc.subjecttherapeuticsen
dc.subjecttrueen
dc.subject.ddcddc:791
dc.subject.personGillian Wearing
dc.subject.personOriana Fox
dc.titleActs of laughter, acts of tears: The production of ‘truth-effects’ in Oriana Fox’s ‘The O Show’ and Gillian Wearing’s ‘Self Made’en
dc.typearticle
dc.type.statuspublishedVersion
dcterms.bibliographicCitationWalsh, Maria (2017): Acts of laughter, acts of tears: The production of ‘truth-effects’ in Oriana Fox’s ‘The O Show’ and Gillian Wearing’s ‘Self Made’. In: NECSUS. European Journal of Media Studies 6 (1), 167–187. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/3383.
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local.coverpage2020-11-22T11:04:31
local.identifier.firstpublishedhttps://www.necsus-ejms.org/test/acts-of-laughter-acts-of-tears-the-production-of-truth-effects-in-oriana-foxs-the-o-show-and-gillian-wearings-self-made/
local.source.epage187
local.source.issue1
local.source.spage167
local.source.volume6
local.subject.gndhttps://d-nb.info/gnd/119542781
local.subject.gndhttps://d-nb.info/gnd/1017211418
local.subject.wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10444417

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