Abstract
This chapter analyses the scandal over James Freys fabrication of the truth in his supposed memoir A Million Little Pieces in relation to Oprah Winfrey and her Book Club in order to reveal the double helix of contemporary confession: the external, public dimension pertaining to the content of confession, which reaffirms prevailing social ideology and the internal, affective dimension which disciplines the bodies and souls of individuals. The successive confessions outlined in this chapter manifest the connection between confessions external and internal dimensions as well as the anxiety provoked by their apparent unraveling - an anxiety that can only be meaningfully assuaged by Oprah re-inscribing the viewer in the scene as confessor.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Envisioning Legality |
| Subtitle of host publication | Law, Culture and Representation |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis |
| Pages | 161-190 |
| Number of pages | 30 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781315648637 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781138123762 |
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| Publication status | Published - 30 Nov 2017 |