Considering Counter-Narratives
Narrating, resisting, making sense
Editors
Counter-narratives only make sense in relation to something else, that which they are countering. The very name identifies it as a positional category, in tension with another category. But what is dominant and what is resistant are not, of course, static questions, but rather are forever shifting placements. The discussion of counter-narratives is ultimately a consideration of multiple layers of positioning. The fluidity of these relational categories is what lies at the center of the chapters and commentaries collected in this book. The book comprises six target chapters by leading scholars in the field. Twenty-two commentators discuss these chapters from a number of diverse vantage points, followed by responses from the six original authors. A final chapter by the editor of the book series concludes the book.
[Studies in Narrative, 4] 2004. x, 381 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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Introduction to the bookMichael Bamberg and Molly Andrews | p. ix
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Opening to the original contributions: Counter-narratives and the power to opposeMolly Andrews | pp. 1–6
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Memories of mother: Counter-narratives of early maternal influenceMolly Andrews | pp. 7–26
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Commentaries
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Blame it on psychology!?Carlos Kölbl | pp. 27–32
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Accidental cases: Extending the concept of positioning in narrative studiesCatherine Kohler Riessman | pp. 33–38
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Politicising mothers: Counter-narratives of mothering experienceLeigh Coombes and Mandy Morgan | pp. 38–42
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Socially organised use of memories of mother in narrative re-construction of problematic pastsKyoko Murakami | pp. 42–50
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ResponseMolly Andrews | pp. 51–59
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Negotiating “normality” when IVF failsKaren Throsby | pp. 61–82
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Commentaries
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IVF failure: Reproductive normativity and dealing with disappointmentKeith Tuffin | pp. 83–91
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When IVF fails — the success of science and medicineMichele L. Crossley | pp. 91–99
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On identifying counter-narratives of failed IVFSusan E. Bell | pp. 100–104
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Response: to commentaries on "Negociating Normality: When IVF Fails"Karen Throsby | pp. 105–112
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Photographic visions and narrative inquiryBarbara Harrison | pp. 113–136
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Commentaries
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Photographs and counter-narrativesAlexander Poddiakov | pp. 137–143
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Hearing what is shown and seeing what is saidRichard Chalfen | pp. 143–150
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Show is tellMichael Rich | pp. 151–158
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Response: to commentaries on "Photographic visions and narrative inquiry"Barbara Harrison | pp. 159–168
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“That’s very rude, I shouldn’t be telling you that”: Older women talking about sexRebecca L. Jones | pp. 169–189
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Commentaries
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Narratives as drawn-upon and narratives as occasioned: Challenges in reconciling an emic and etic analysisNeill Korobov | pp. 191–199
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“But what’s at stake?” Older women talking about sexualityJill McLean Taylor | pp. 199–205
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What discourse analysis reveals about elderly women, sex and the struggle with societal normsJanet Spreckels | pp. 205–212
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Response: to commentaries on "'That's very rude, I shouldn't be telling you that': Older women talking about sex"Rebecca L. Jones | pp. 213–219
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White trash pride and the exemplary black citizen: Counter-narratives of gender, “race” and the trailer park in contemporary daytime television talk showsCorinne Squire | pp. 221–237
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Commentaries
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Social identity work in storytelling: Methodological remarksHeiko Hausendorf | pp. 239–244
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Talking and acting: Making change and doing developmentJaan Valsiner | pp. 245–256
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The context of race in reading narratives on daytime talk showsFern L. Johnson | pp. 256–263
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Day-time talk shows as a forum for social critiqueAneta Pavlenko | pp. 263–269
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Meta-narratives of cultural experience: Race, class, genderJoanna Thornborrow | pp. 270–275
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Response: to commentaries on "White trash pride and the exemplary black citizen"Corinne Squire | pp. 277–287
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Charting the narrative unconscious: Cultural memory and the challenge of autobiographyMark Freeman | pp. 289–306
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Commentaries
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Discussing nonconscious processes involved in autobiographyJames C. Mancuso | pp. 307–317
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Constructing the narrative unconsciousJonathan D. Raskin | pp. 317–323
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Possible livesJens Brockmeier | pp. 323–333
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Working the narrative unconscious: Positioning theory and moral orderMandy Morgan | pp. 333–340
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Response: to commentaries on "Charting the narrative unconscious: Cultural memory and the challenge of autobiography"Mark Freeman | pp. 341–349
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Considering counter narrativesMichael Bamberg | pp. 351–371
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Index | pp. 373–380
“Researchers, teachers or students interested in the subject of counternarratives, narrative analysis, and discursive resistance will find the collection very useful. It is informatively and methodologically fruitful, as well as thought-provoking through fostering debates between authors and commentators.”
Justyna Ziólkowska, University of Opole, in Multilingua Vol. 25, 2006
“This informatively and methodologically fruitful volume is especially valuable for its multifaceted insight and dynamic perspective. The focus constantly shifts from the single steps of the specific contributions to the path they move along, from a situated action to an interactional situation. The unifying and salient issues are interaction and transformation. The unpredicted tripartite organization of the chapters reflects the findings of the essays, which show that narratives and counter-narratives are subsumed to a transformation process, rather than representing two fixed -- and in this case opposite -- categories, or just them. So is the dynamic perspective embedding the making of a research and the researcher's attitude, which is referred to when authors talk about their reading their papers after some time or about their involvement, or else is pointed out through the commentaries and the relevant responses.”
Giampaolo Poletto, University of Pécs, Hungary, on Linguist List 16.2185, 2005
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