Identity, Narrative and Politics

Voorkant
Psychology Press, 2001 - 178 pagina's
Identity, Narrative and Politics argues that political theory has barely begun to develop a notion of narrative identity; instead the book explores the sophisticated ideas which emerge from novels as alternative expressions of political understanding. This title uses a broad international selection of Twentieth Century English language works, by writers such as Nadine Gordimer and Thomas Pynchon.

The book considers each novel as a source of political ideas in terms of content, structure, form and technique.

The book assumes no prior knowledge of the literature discussed, and will be fascinating reading for students of literature, politics and cultural studies.

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The narrative construction of identity 22
22
Uncertain identity
43
Gaps and fragments
64
Contingency identity and agency
87
Coherent identity
107
Narrative identity and politics
127
Postscript
150
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