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Title:

LETTING STORIES BREATHE

By:

Arthur W. Frank

Format:

Paperback

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£21.00

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ISBN 10:

022600483X

ISBN 13:

9780226004839

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Publisher:

THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS

Pub. date:

22 October, 2012

Pages:

224

Description:

Stories accompany us through life from birth to death. This title offers both a theory of how stories shape us and a useful method for analyzing them. It uses literary concepts to ask social scientific questions: how do stories make life better, and when do they endanger it?

Synopsis:

Stories accompany us through life from birth to death. But they do not merely entertain, inform, or distress us - they show us what counts as right or wrong and teach us who we are and who we can be. Though stories can connect individuals, they also can disconnect, creating boundaries between people and justifying violence. In "Letting Stories Breathe", Arthur W. Frank grapples with this fundamental aspect of our lives, offering both a theory of how stories shape us and a useful method for analyzing them. Frank's unique approach uses literary concepts to ask social scientific questions: how do stories make life better, and when do they endanger it?

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University of Chicago Press

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