Maternity stories lived on TV: the role of testimony in a Brazilian reality show
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https://doi.org/10.18568/cmc.v14i39.1177Keywords:
Testimony, Life histories, Motherhood, Reality showAbstract
How to show an experience on television makes the viewer sympathizes with it as a partner and accomplice? It is on this issue that this article is structured, taking as cut out a Brazilian reality show dedicated to showing the birth of babies: the program Boas Vindas, displayed by the payed channel GNT. The aim is to discuss the role assumed by the testimony on television, not only from the account of the characters in the stories, but the images that anchor the moment of the birth and make the viewer a witness of the narrated experience. The analysis seeks to highlight at least two uses of testimony in the program: 1) there is an effort to minimize personal conflicts and value their overcoming; 2) testimony works as a way of constructing the subjects’ authenticity and experiences.Downloads
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