Narrative and social control : critical perspectives / editor, Dennis K. Mumby.

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Mumby, Dennis K

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text

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computer

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online resource

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9781452254333
1452254338
9781483345277
1483345270

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401.41

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P302.7 .N366 1993eb

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71.52
CV 3500
ER 990
MR 6600
MR 7300

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Contents:

Narrative, power, and social theory / Stewart R. Clegg -- Family storytelling as a strategy of social control / Kristin M. Langellier and Eric E. Peterson -- Cultural narratives and the therapeutic motif : the political containment of Vietnam veterans / Peter Ehrenhaus -- Narrative and the culture of obedience at the workplace / Marsha Witten -- Stories and racism / Teun A. van Dijk -- Deformed subjects, docile bodies : disciplinary practices and subject-constitution in stories of Japanese-American internment / Gordon Nakagawa -- The narcissistic reflection of communicative power : delusions of progress against organizational discrimination / W. Marc Porter and Isaac E. Catt -- American journalists and the death of Lee Harvey Oswald / Barbie Zelizer -- Oppositional voices in China Beach : narrative configurations of gender and war / A. Susan Owen.

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Summary: 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. The central theme is that narrative is a pervasive form of human communication 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 media - illustrating the far-reaching impact of narrative on our lives and social.

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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. The central theme is that narrative is a pervasive form of human communication 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 media - illustrating the far-reaching impact of narrative on our lives and social.

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