Shaping history : narratives of political change / Molly Andrews.
"Featuring extraordinary personal accounts, this book provides a unique window through which to examine some of the great political changes of our time, and reveals both the potential and the challenge of narrating the political world. Molly Andrews' novel analysis of the relationship betw...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2007.
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| Online Access: | Cambridge Books on Core Contributor biographical information Contributor biographical information |
| Summary: | "Featuring extraordinary personal accounts, this book provides a unique window through which to examine some of the great political changes of our time, and reveals both the potential and the challenge of narrating the political world. Molly Andrews' novel analysis of the relationship between history and biography presents in-depth case studies of four different countries, offers insights into controversial issues such as the explosion of patriotism in post -9/11 USA; East Germans' ambivalent reactions to the fall of the Berlin Wall; the pressures on victims to tell certain kinds of stories while testifying before South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission; and the lifelong commitment to fight for social justice in England. Each of the case studies explores the implicit political worldviews which individuals impart through the stories they tell about their lives, as well as the wider social and political context which makes some stories more 'tell-able' than others." http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0729/2007006790-d.html. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 223 pages) |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 051155785X 9780511557859 0521604699 9780521604697 1107315476 9781107315471 1107316456 9781107316454 110731741X 9781107317413 1107321840 9781107321847 1299399541 9781299399549 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/CBO9780511557859 |