January-June 2021 Vol. VIII, Issue 1 ISSN: 2284-3310
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Eve White, Eve Black and Jane: Using Multimedia to Tell One Woman’s Story. Sally Cowdin Abstract: This research paper will introduce you briefly to the story of the woman who is famously known as “Eve White, Eve Black and Jane”. She was born as Christine Sizemore. Mrs Sizemore suffered from Multiple Personality Disorder, now known as Dissociative Identity Disorder. In 1953 her case study was televised, throwing her and MPD (DID) into the public spotlight, spurring a popular demand of portraying MPD (DID) in entertainment. Utilising the story of Christine Sizemore you will be guided through how portraying such a topic as MPD (DID) in multi-media formats. These formats include: Documentary Theatre, Film and Art Installation. This fuels the understanding on how each form of media portrays her story in different dramaturgically ways. By placing a true story into multiple medias, this gives the opportunity for the story to be obtainable and understood by a larger variety of audiences, in turn, expanding its viewing base. Keywords: Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD), Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), Eve White, Eve Black, Jane, Christine Sizemore, Case Study, Multimedia, Theatre, Film, Installation, Entertainment, Interviews, Psychology, Stage, Project, Therapy, Splitting, Identity. *****
1. Introduction: Finding Eve Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD), known since 1994 as Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), has had ongoing multiple discussions and curiosity surrounding it since its first recorded scientific report, in 1791 by Eberhart Gmelin. This publication of Gmelin involved a young German woman who suddenly took on the personality and language of a French Woman (Rolls 2020: 21). Following this report MPD/DID has been swirling in and out of controversy and belief throughout the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries and has been discussed and described by renowned theorists, including Pierre Janet, Sigmund Freud, Jacques Lacan, Alfred Binet, William James and Benjamin Rush. (Brand and Sar 2016: 3)
Sally Cowdin Eve White, Eve Black and Jane: Using Multimedia to Tell One Woman’s Story
