Identity, Narrative and Politics by Maureen Whitebrook (English) Paperback Book

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This text focuses on the relationship between narrative and political theory. Arguing that the terms "narrative", "identity" and "character" can be brought into political theory, the author uses literature, particularly novels, to illustrate and develop her argument.

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The construction of narrative identity is a public - and hence potentially political - process. Telling and listening to stories about oneself involves narrative techniques. Using modern novels as a reference point, Maureen Whitebrook asks what follows for political identity (be it of a person, group or nation) from taking the narrative element seriously: Who am I?' in conjunction with Who are we?', and Who tells the political story?' Identity, Narrative and Politics argues that political theory has barely begun to develop a notion of narrative identity, and explores the sophisticated ideas which emerge from novels as alternative expressions of political understanding. Using a broad international selection of twentieth century English language works - by writers such as D.H. Lawrence, Nadine Gordimer and Thomas Pynchon - this book considers each novel as a source of political ideas, in terms of content, structure, form and technique. The book assumes no prior knowledge of the literature discussed, and will be fascinating reading for students of politics, literature, cultural politics and political morality.

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Identity, Narrative and Politics argues that political theory has barely begun to develop a notion of narrative identity; instead the book explores the sophisticated ideas which emerge from novels as alternative expressions of political understanding. This title uses a broad international selection of Twentieth Century English language works, by writers such as Nadine Gordimer and Thomas Pynchon. The book considers each novel as a source of political ideas in terms of content, structure, form and technique. The book assumes no prior knowledge of the literature discussed, and will be fascinating reading for students of literature, politics and cultural studies.

Author Biography

Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Politics, University of Sheffield. Her publications include Reading Political Stories and Real Toads in Imaginary Gardens: Narrative Accounts of Liberalism . She is the Chair/Convenor of the Politics and the Arts Group.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 The narrative construction of identity; Chapter 3 Uncertain identity; Chapter 4 Gaps and fragments; Chapter 5 Contingency, identity and agency; Chapter 6 Coherent identity; Chapter 7 Narrative, identity and politics; Chapter 8 Postscript;

Review

'This is a theoretically sumptuous work that makes an outstanding and original contribution to contemporary theorizations of self and identity.'Mary Walsh, University of Canberra, Contemporary Political Theory

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'This is a theoretically sumptuous work that makes an outstanding and original contribution to contemporary theorizations of self and identity.' Mary Walsh, University of Canberra, Contemporary Political Theory

Details ISBN0415238951 Author Maureen Whitebrook Short Title IDENTITY NARRATIVE & POLITICS Language English ISBN-10 0415238951 ISBN-13 9780415238953 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2001 Edition 2nd Imprint Routledge Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Replaces 9781857287776 Illustrations black & white illustrations DOI 10.1604/9780415238953 UK Release Date 2001-02-01 AU Release Date 2001-02-01 NZ Release Date 2001-02-01 Pages 192 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Publication Date 2001-02-01 Alternative 9780415238946 DEWEY 809.304 Audience Undergraduate We've got this

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