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Shaping History: Narratives of Political Change

By Molly Andrews

Book information

Year
2007
ISBN
0521843650, 9780521843652, 0521604699, 9780521604697, 9780511557859
LCC
JA76 .A748 2007
Open Library ID
OL10435893M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
645 kB (660941 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
234\233
Topic
History
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Featuring extraordinary personal accounts, this book provides a unique window through which to examine some of the great political changes of our time, and reveals both the potential and the challenge of narrating the political world. Molly Andrews' novel analysis of the relationship between history and biography presents in-depth case studies of four different countries, offers insights into controversial issues such as the explosion of patriotism in post -9/11 USA; East Germans' ambivalent reactions to the fall of the Berlin Wall; the pressures on victims to tell certain kinds of stories while testifying before South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission; and the lifelong commitment to fight for social justice in England. Each of the case studies explores the implicit political worldviews which individuals impart through the stories they tell about their lives, as well as the wider social and political context which makes some stories more 'tell-able' than others.

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