From the Lisbon Disaster to Oprah Winfrey: Suffering as Identity in the Era of Globalization
From the Lisbon Disaster to Oprah Winfrey: Suffering as Identity in the Era of Globalization
This chapter examines suffering as a form of collective identity, where transnational culture contains not only utopian possibilities but also makes a spectacle of private and public grief. It analyses the Oprah Winfrey Show, which exposes American sufferings and misfortunes in the public sphere. The chapter also discusses the ways in which the Oprah Winfrey Show represents a uniquely American phenomenon and has invented a cultural form that offers an example of ‘infra-globalization’, or ‘globalization from within’.
Keywords: suffering, collective identity, transnational culture, grief, misfortunes, Oprah Winfrey Show
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