Power and Narrative

Special issue of Narrative Inquiry 17:1 (2007)

Editors

Lisa Lau | Durham University

Shari Daya | Durham University

[Narrative Inquiry, 17:1] 2007. vii, 158 pp.

Publishing status: Available

© John Benjamins Publishing Company

https://doi.org/10.1075/ni.17.1

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	vii
Articles
Introduction: Power and narrative Shari Daya and Lisa Lau	1–11
De-linking text from fieldwork: Exploring power imbalances in the narrative Kathrin Blaufuss	13–26
The language of power and the power of language: The usage of English by South Asian writers, and the subsequent creation of South Asian image and identity Lisa Lau	27–47
The power to subvert? Beyond North–South dichotomies in gender and development discourse Lata Narayanaswamy	49–67
Fair Trade as narrative: The stories within Fair Trade Ann Le Mare	69–92
Buried perspectives: Narratives of landscape in Toni Morrison’s Song of Solomon Jennifer Terry	93–118
Home as sanctuary: Stories of secrets and sadness in Fire on the Mountain and The Blue Bedspread Alexandra Barley	119–139
Deforestation in Bangladesh: Language and power in action Sheikh Tawhidul Islam	141–156

Subjects

Linguistics

Cognition and language

Narrative Studies

Discourse studies

Main BIC Subject

CF: Linguistics

Main BISAC Subject

LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General