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Yale University ~ CCS Associate Director
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Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
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Institute for Media Studies, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium ~ CCS Visiting Graduate Student
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Public University of Navarra, Spain ~ CCS Visiting Graduate Student
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Stockholm University, Sweden ~ CCS Visiting Graduate Student
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Stockholm University, Sweden ~ CCS Faculty Fellow
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Lund University, Sweden ~ CCS Faculty Fellow
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Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellow, University of Trento and Yale University ~ CCS Faculty Fellow
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Aarhus University, Denmark ~ CCS Postdoctoral Fellow
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Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ~ CCS Visiting Graduate Student
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Yale University ~ CCS Junior Fellow
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Yale University ~ CCS Junior Fellow
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Tsinghua University, China ~ CCS Visiting Graduate Student
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University of São Paulo, Brazil ~ CCS Visiting Graduate Student
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Yale University ~ CCS Postdoctoral Associate
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Yale University ~ CCS Junior Fellow
Abstract: First establishing the place of “authenticity” as a contemporary (sacred) norm, this article tests a hypothesis rooted in lived experience and grounded theory: is self-reference (concretized in a definition of “metaness”) increasingly employed to maintain authenticity? That is, in everyday interaction: do people refer to themselves and their context more now than before? Using the largely naked artform of standup comedy as a close proxy for everyday speech and live interaction, the study examines a random sample (N=35) of hour-long transcripts. Findings reveal that metaness indeed increases over time, both absolutely and controlling for comedian demographics. Representing the common citizen, comedians resort to increasing amounts of self-referential expression. Without this, the presentation of an “authentic” self is threatened, with immediately interactive and potentially existential consequences. Further, “types” of metaness are explored: reference to place, to time, and to role. Of these, “role” occurs most frequently, perhaps reflecting the supremacy of “what do you do” in identity-formation. Seeds planted here: the possibility of an “elective affinity” for metaness, and the ramifications of an infinite millefeuille of self-reference.
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John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York ~ CCS Faculty Fellow
“I Now Declare You…”: Making Marital Status and Its Paradoxes in South Africa, Past and Present
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University of Tokyo
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Yale University
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University of Helsinki, Finland ~ CCS Faculty Fellow
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University of Ottawa, Canada
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Yale University ~ CCS Junior Fellow
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Williams College
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University of Plymouth, UK ~ CCS Faculty Fellow
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