Considering Counter-Narratives

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Considering Counter-Narratives is written by Michael Bamberg and published by John Benjamins Publishing. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 9027295026 (ISBN 10) and 9789027295026 (ISBN 13).

Counter-narratives only make sense in relation to something else, that which they are countering. The very name identifies it as a positional category, in tension with another category. But what is dominant and what is resistant are not, of course, static questions, but rather are forever shifting placements. The discussion of counter-narratives is ultimately a consideration of multiple layers of positioning. The fluidity of these relational categories is what lies at the center of the chapters and commentaries collected in this book. The book comprises six target chapters by leading scholars in the field. Twenty-two commentators discuss these chapters from a number of diverse vantage points, followed by responses from the six original authors. A final chapter by the editor of the book series concludes the book.