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The Affective Labour of One Born Every Minute in its UK and US Formats

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posted on 2023-09-01, 13:57 authored by Tanya Horeck
This article examines the relationship between the British and American versions of the hit reality television birthing show One Born Every Minute (OBEM) in order to consider how the representation of different national childbirth practices invites a different kind of affective labour from the spectator. It argues that OBEM UK attempts to position the spectator in an ethical relation of care towards the subjects depicted. By contrast, on the US version, any such intimacy is forestalled by the use of distancing techniques, including an external voice-over and a heavy-handed dramatic shaping of the material through comedic devices.

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Refereed

  • Yes

Volume

11

Issue number

2

Page range

164-176

Publication title

Critical Studies in Television

ISSN

1749-6039

Publisher

SAGE

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  • Other

Language

  • eng

Legacy posted date

2016-08-08

Legacy creation date

2016-08-06

Legacy Faculty/School/Department

ARCHIVED Faculty of Arts, Law & Social Sciences (until September 2018)

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