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9 - The Ethical Effects of Voice-Over Narration on a Victim Testimonial

A Text-World Analysis of ‘The Bed Intruder’ Meme

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 January 2023

By
M’Balia Thomas
Edited by
John Douthwaite  and
Ulrike Tabbert
John Douthwaite
Affiliation:
Università degli Studi di Genova
Ulrike Tabbert
Affiliation:
University of Huddersfield
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Summary

Thomas analyses an American YouTube video titled ’Bed Intruder’, reporting on an attempted rape, and some of its adaptations by means of a Text World Theory approach.

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Text World TheoryBed Intruderraceparody#BlackLivesMatter
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The Linguistics of Crime , pp. 174 - 193
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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