Letting Stories Breathe by Arthur W Frank
Stories accompany us through life from birth to death. Stories connect people, but they can also disconnect, creating boundaries between people and justifying violence. This book grapples with this fundamental aspect of our lives, offering both a theory of how stories shape us and a useful method for analyzing them.
"Arthur Frank is a beautiful writer and this is a terrific bookHis socio-narratology, while clearly drawing on the work of earlier scholars, is genuinely original, and his mastery of narrative theory, facility with a range of theoretical traditions of narrative analysis, deep fondness for literature, and capacity as a storyteller - all these together allow him to make a very persuasive case." - Cheryl Mattingly, University of Southern California"
Arthur W. Frank is professor of sociology at the University of Calgary and the author of At the Will of the Body: Reflections on Illness; The Wounded Storyteller: Body, Illness, and Ethics; and The Renewal of Generosity: Illness, Medicine, and How to Live, the latter two also published by the University of Chicago Press.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780226260136 |
| ISBN 10 | 0226260135 |
| Title | Letting Stories Breathe |
| Author | Arthur W Frank |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | The University of Chicago Press |
| Year published | 2010-11-15 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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