Narratives, connections and social change
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Squire, C. 2012. Narratives, connections and social change. Narrative Inquiry. 22 (1), pp. 50-68.
Authors | Squire, C. |
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Abstract | In this article, I suggest that narratives’ importance for social change may be understood by examining specific elements of narrative syntax — key rhetorical tropes within stories, and story genres. I argue that these stylistic elements generate social connections that themselves support and stimulate social change. I use Young’s (2006) theorisation of responsibility and global justice in terms of connection, to suggest how narratives may support or generate progressive social change. I then examine narrative tropes and genres of similarisation and familiarisation at work in narratives produced around the HIV pandemic, and the limits of those tropes and genres for supporting and catalysing social change. |
Journal | Narrative Inquiry |
Journal citation | 22 (1), pp. 50-68 |
ISSN | 1387-6740 |
Year | 2012 |
Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company |
Accepted author manuscript | License CC BY-NC-ND |
Web address (URL) | http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/ni.22.1.04squ |
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2012 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 13 Jan 2014 |
https://repository.uel.ac.uk/item/86004
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