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Carrie Lambert-Beatty: What Happens When an Artwork Deceives its Audience?

Carrie Lambert-Beatty: What Happens When an Artwork Deceives its Audience?

Update: 2020-11-30
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The term “parafiction” refers to an artistic performance or presentation that depicts fiction as fact. This idea has particular relevance for our current post-truth moment, in which Americans find themselves overrun with conspiracy theories, misinformation, and fake news.

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Carrie Lambert-Beatty: What Happens When an Artwork Deceives its Audience?

Carrie Lambert-Beatty: What Happens When an Artwork Deceives its Audience?

Carrie Lambert-Beatty, Lydialyle Gibson