Lois Presser
List of John Benjamins publications for which Lois Presser plays a role.
Articles
2024 Narratology, applied: The case of narrative criminology Applied Narratology, Moenandar, Sjoerd-Jeroen, Laura Karttunen and Anna Ovaska (eds.), pp. 364–386 | Article
Criminology is foundationally an applied discipline, or one whose knowledge seeks to shape some non-academic practice. Narratives – particularly the narratives of parties to ‘crime’ – are essential to criminology, but criminologists have hardly engaged with narratology. This paper tracks the… read more
Narrating violent victimization by positioning self and others Narrative Inquiry: Online-First Articles | Article
Victimologists observe that telling one’s story can foster healing for survivors of violence. To understand these processes better, victims’ narratives must be understood as situated acts of telling. This paper takes one man’s narration of victimization long past — child abuse and rape — as a… read more