Stories of Change: Narrative and Social Movements
ISBN-13:
9780791451922
ISBN-10:
0791451925
Author:
Joseph E. Davis
Publication date:
2002
Publisher:
State University of New York Press
Format:
Paperback
294 pages
Category:
Rhetoric
,
Words, Language & Grammar
,
Sociology
,
Religious Studies
,
Folklore & Mythology
,
Social Sciences
,
Sociology
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ISBN-13:
9780791451922
ISBN-10:
0791451925
Author:
Joseph E. Davis
Publication date:
2002
Publisher:
State University of New York Press
Format:
Paperback
294 pages
Category:
Rhetoric
,
Words, Language & Grammar
,
Sociology
,
Religious Studies
,
Folklore & Mythology
,
Social Sciences
,
Sociology
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Stories of Change: Narrative and Social Movements (ISBN-13: 9780791451922 and ISBN-10: 0791451925), written by authors
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Description
Applies narrative analysis to the study of social movements.
Despite the amount of storytelling in social movements, little attention has been paid to narrative as a form of movement discourse or as a mode of social interaction. Stories of Change is a systematic study of narrative as well as a demonstration of the power of narrative analysis to illuminate many features of contemporary social movements. Davis includes a wide array of stories of change―stories of having been harmed or wronged, stories of conflict with unjust authorities, stories of liberation and empowerment, and stories of strategic success and failure. By showing how these stories are a powerful vehicle for producing, regulating, and diffusing shared meaning, the contributors explore movement stories, their functions, and the conditions under which they are created and performed. They show how narrative study can illuminate social movement emergence, recruitment, internal dynamics, and identity building.
Despite the amount of storytelling in social movements, little attention has been paid to narrative as a form of movement discourse or as a mode of social interaction. Stories of Change is a systematic study of narrative as well as a demonstration of the power of narrative analysis to illuminate many features of contemporary social movements. Davis includes a wide array of stories of change―stories of having been harmed or wronged, stories of conflict with unjust authorities, stories of liberation and empowerment, and stories of strategic success and failure. By showing how these stories are a powerful vehicle for producing, regulating, and diffusing shared meaning, the contributors explore movement stories, their functions, and the conditions under which they are created and performed. They show how narrative study can illuminate social movement emergence, recruitment, internal dynamics, and identity building.
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