Other People's Stories: Entitlement Claims and the Critique of Empathy

by Amy Shuman

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252029631
• ISBN13: 9780252029639
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"