Davis Stories of Change

Narrative and Social Movements
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-7914-8953-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 294 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Applies narrative analysis to the study of social movements.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Davis, Joseph E.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Religionssoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Part One: Narrative and the Sociology of Social Movements
1. Narrative and Social Movements: The Power of Stories
Joseph E. Davis
2. Plotting Protest: Mobilizing Stories in the 1960 Student Sit-Ins
Francesca Polletta
3. Controlling Narratives and Narratives as Control within Social Movements
Robert D. Benford
Part Two: Analysis of Narrative in Social Movements
4. "Getting Our Histories Straight": Culture, Narrative, and Identity in the Self-Help Movement
John Steadman Rice
5. Moving Toward the Light: Self, Other, and the Politics of Experience in New Age Narratives
Michael F. Brown
6. Fundamentalism: When History Goes Awry
Joshua J. Yates and James Davison Hunter
7. Drug Court Stories: Transforming American Jurisprudence
James L. Nolan Jr.
8. Compassion on Trial: Movement Narrative in a Court Conflict over Physician Assisted Suicide
Jeffery D. Tatum
9. Movement Advocates as Battered Women's Storytellers: From Varied Experiences, One Message
Bess Rothenberg
Part Three: Conclusion
10. The Storied Group: Social Movements as "Bundles of Narratives"
Gary Alan Fine
Bibliography
Contributors

Über Autor(innen)

Joseph E. Davis is Research Assistant Professor of Sociology and Program Director of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia. He is the editor of Identity and Social Change.