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Publication details [#53231]

Eriksson, Göran. 2010. Politicians in celebrity talk show interviews: the narrativization of personal experiences. Text & Talk 30 (5) : 529–551.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

experience | humor | political discussion | self-presentation | talk show

Language as a subject

Swedish

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.com/journal/key/TEXT/html

Annotation

This paper examines how politicians' self-presentation via more personal narratives are introduced and worked out by participants in a Swedish celebrity talk show, a collaboration often intended to investigate the humor potential of the life experiences.