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Other people's stories : entitlement claims and the critique of empathy / Amy Shuman.

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Van Pelt Library P302.7 .S48 2005
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Shuman, Amy, 1951-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Discourse analysis, Narrative.
Physical Description:
viii, 190 pages ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2005]
Contents:
Introduction: subversive stories and the critique of empathy
"Get outta my face": entitlement and authoritative discourse
Collective memory and public forgetting
Allegory and parable as subversive stories
Small world stories: coincidence and fate in narratives of everyday life
Redemption and empathy in junk mail narratives
Speaking from experience.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [173]-184) and index.
ISBN:
0252029631
OCLC:
55729921

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