Other People's Stories : Entitlement Claims and the Critique of Empathy

In__Other People's Stories,__Amy Shuman examines the social relations embedded in stories and the complex ethical and social tensions that surround their telling. Drawing on innovative research and contemporary theory, she describes what happens when one person's story becomes another person's source of inspiration, or when entitlement and empathy collide. The resulting analyses are wonderfully diverse, integrating narrative studies, sociolinguistics, communications, folklore, and ethnographic studies to examine the everyday, conversational stories told by cultural groups including Latinas, Jews, African Americans, Italians, and Puerto Ricans. Shuman offers a nuanced and clear theoretical perspective derived from the Frankfurt school, life history research, disability research, feminist studies, trauma studies, and cultural studies. Without compromising complexity, she makes narrative inquiry accessible to a broad population. In Other People's Stories, Amy Shuman Examines The Social Relations Embedded In Stories And The Complex Ethical And Social Tensions That Surround Their Telling. Drawing On Innovative Research And Contemporary Theory, She Describes What Happens When One Person's Story Becomes Another Person's Source Of Inspiration, Or When Entitlement And Empathy Collide. The Resulting Analyses In Other People's Stories Are Diverse, Integrating Narrative Studies, Sociaolinguistics, Communications, Folklore, And Ethnographic Studies To Examine The Everyday Conversational Stories Told By Cultural Groups Including Latinas, Jews, African Americans, Italians, And Puerto Ricans.--book Jacket. Introduction : Subversive Stories And The Critique Of Empathy -- Get Outa' My Face : Entitlement And Authoritative Discourse -- Collective Memory And Public Forgetting -- Allegory And Parable As Subversive Stories -- Small-world Stories : Coincidence And Fate In Narratives Of Everyday Life -- Redemption And Empathy In Junk-mail Narratives -- Speaking From Experience. Amy Shuman. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [173]-184) And Index. In Other People's Stories, Amy Shuman examines the social relations embedded in stories and the complex ethical and social tensions that surround their telling. Drawing on innovative research and contemporary theory, she describes what happens when one person's story becomes another person's source of inspiration, or when entitlement and empathy collide. The resulting analyses are wonderfully diverse, integrating narrative studies, sociolinguistics, communications, folklore, and ethnographic studies to examine the everyday, conversational stories told by cultural groups including Latinas, Jews, African Americans, Italians, and Puerto Ricans. Shuman offers a nuanced and clear theoretical perspective derived from the Frankfurt school, life history research, disability research, feminist studies, trauma studies, and cultural studies. Without compromising complexity, she makes narrative inquiry accessible to a broad population. A critical assessment of collective memories, small world stories, and other allegories of everyday life