LaMarre2014

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LaMarre2014
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Author(s) Andrea LaMarre, Olga Sutherland
Title Expert opinion?: a micro-analysis of eating disorder talk on Dr. Phil
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Tag(s) EMCA, Discursive Psychology
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Year 2014
Language English
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Journal The Qualitative Report
Volume 19
Number 43
Pages 1–20
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Abstract

In this study, we explored how eating and identities of individuals diagnosed with eating disorders are constructed on a popular television talk show, Dr. Phil. Informed by conversation analytic and discursive psychological research traditions, we show how Dr. Phil, jointly with guests, constitutes guests as mentally ill and accountable for their illness. Specifically, we highlight Dr. Phil’s unilateral pursuit of a solution to the “puzzle” of the eating disorder, including its origins and meanings, as he enlists the guests’ endorsement of his versions of their situations and experiences. We examine broader implications of such a framing for societal understandings of the subjectivity of individuals diagnosed with eating disorders.

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