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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shuman, Amy, 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discourse analysis, Narrative.

Discourse analysis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (201 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Other People's Stories, Amy Shuman examines the social relations embedded in stories and the complex ethical and social tensions that surround their telling. Drawing on innovative research and contemporary theory, she describes what happens when one person's story becomes another person's source of inspiration, or when entitlement and empathy collide. The resulting analyses are wonderfully diverse, integrating narrative studies, sociolinguistics, communications, folklore, and ethnographic studies to examine the everyday, conversational stories told by cultural groups including Latinas, Jews, African Americans, Italians, and Puerto Ricans. Shuman offers a nuanced and clear theoretical perspective derived from the Frankfurt school, life history research, disability research, feminist studies, trauma studies, and cultural studies. Without compromising complexity, she makes narrative inquiry accessible to a broad population.

Contents:

Collective narrative and public memory

"Get outta my face": entitlement and authoritative discourse

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:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-184) and index.

ISBN:

9786613921574

9781283609128

1283609126

9780252092398

0252092392

OCLC:

815477964