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Overview"""Alterity and Narrative"" intertwines identity and culture to demonstrate how identity is negotiated over a given history." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Kathleen Glenister RobertsPublisher: State University of New York Press Imprint: State University of New York Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9780791472170ISBN 10: 0791472175 Pages: 238 Publication Date: 06 September 2007 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Identity, Alterity, and Narrative 1. Soteria, the Mother as Other: Medea in Ancient Greece (and Beyond) 2. A Man Cannot Be a Prophet in His Own Country: Saint Paul and Universalism 3. The Curses of Medieval Man: Reverberations from the Tower of Babel 4. Fierce Warriors: The Other as Comrade in Othello and World War II 5. The Enlightenment Noble Savage: Diderot's Tahiti and Other Imaginary Locales 6. Modernity, Industry, and the Fatal Flaw: The Rise of Entropology in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court 7. The Rhetoric of Possibility: Trickster, the Postmodern Hero Conclusion: Intercultural Hope: Alterity Post-9/11 Notes References IndexReviews"""Alterity and Narrative is a good read ... the stories ... are, of course, classics; it is always fun to look at them again and in a new way."" - Journal of Folklore Research ""Roberts is spectacularly well informed and writes with a masterly but engaging style. Her productive integration of identity and culture contributes to narrative theory and cultural history both, and ensures that this book will be read seriously."" - Clifford Christians, coeditor of Communication Ethics and Universal Values" Alterity and Narrative is a good read ... the stories ... are, of course, classics; it is always fun to look at them again and in a new way. - Journal of Folklore Research Roberts is spectacularly well informed and writes with a masterly but engaging style. Her productive integration of identity and culture contributes to narrative theory and cultural history both, and ensures that this book will be read seriously. - Clifford Christians, coeditor of Communication Ethics and Universal Values Author InformationKathleen Glenister Roberts is Assistant Professor of Communication and Rhetorical Studies and Director of the Communication Ethics Center at Duquesne University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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