Narrative and Social Control
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Narrative and Social Control

Critical Perspectives

  1. 256 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Narrative and Social Control

Critical Perspectives

About this book

Readers will find Dennis K. Mumby?s collection most useful for the connections it establishes between narrative analysis, in social setting and postmodern light. . . .What is important about this book is the range of projects presented using narrative to examine issues of power and control. --Discourse and Society What is the relationship between narrative, society, and the forms of control that function in society? This critical analysis examines the role of narrative in the creation of various social realities in a variety of communication contexts. The central theme of Narrative and Social Control is that narrative is a pervasive form of human communication that is integral to the production and shaping of social order. Each chapter provides both a theoretical framework and an examination of narratives in a range of communication contexts--interpersonal, small group, organizational, and mass mediated--illustrating the far-reaching impact of narrative on our lives and social organizations. This critical perspective is essential reading for scholars, students, and professionals in communication studies, organization studies, family studies, cultural studies, sociology, political science, peace studies, anthropology, philosophy, and gender studies.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Introduction: Narrative and Social Control
  4. Part I - Theoretical Overview
  5. Chapter 1 - Narrative, Power, and Social Theory
  6. Part II - Narrative and Control in Diverse Social Contexts
  7. Chapter 2 - Family Storytelling as a Strategy of Social Control
  8. Chapter 3 - Cultural Narratives and the Therapeutic Motif: The Political Containment of Vietnam Veterans
  9. Chapter 4 - Narrative and the Culture of Obedience at the Workplace
  10. Part III - Narrative, Society, and Race
  11. Chapter 5 - Stories and Racism
  12. Chapter 6 - Deformed Subjects, Docile Bodies: Disciplinary Practices and Subject-Constitution in Stories of Japanese-American Internment
  13. Chapter 7 - The Narcissistic Reflection of Communicative Power: Delusions of Progress against Organizational Discrimination
  14. Part IV - Narrative, Social Control, and the Media
  15. Chapter 8 - American Journalists and the Death of Lee Harvey Oswald: Narratives of Self-Legitimation
  16. Chapter 9 - Oppositional Voices in China Beach: Narrative Configurations of Gender and War
  17. Name Index
  18. Subject Index
  19. About the Contributors