Alterity and Narrative
Stories and the Negotiation of Western Identities
1st Edition
Published on 1. February 2012
238 pages
978-0-7914-7951-3 (ISBN)
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Intertwines identity and culture to demonstrate how identity is negotiated over a given history.
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Kathleen Glenister Roberts is Assistant Professor of Communication and Rhetorical Studies and Director of the Communication Ethics Center at Duquesne University.
Content
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Identity, Alterity, and Narrative
1. Soteria, the Mother as Other: Medea in Ancient Greece (and Beyond)
2. A Man Cannot Be a Prophet in His Own Country: Saint Paul and Universalism
3. The Curses of Medieval Man: Reverberations from the Tower of Babel
4. Fierce Warriors: The Other as Comrade in Othello and World War II
5. The Enlightenment Noble Savage: Diderot's Tahiti and Other Imaginary Locales
6. Modernity, Industry, and the Fatal Flaw: The Rise of Entropology in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
7. The Rhetoric of Possibility: Trickster, the Postmodern Hero
Conclusion: Intercultural Hope: Alterity Post-9/11
Notes
References
Index
Introduction: Identity, Alterity, and Narrative
1. Soteria, the Mother as Other: Medea in Ancient Greece (and Beyond)
2. A Man Cannot Be a Prophet in His Own Country: Saint Paul and Universalism
3. The Curses of Medieval Man: Reverberations from the Tower of Babel
4. Fierce Warriors: The Other as Comrade in Othello and World War II
5. The Enlightenment Noble Savage: Diderot's Tahiti and Other Imaginary Locales
6. Modernity, Industry, and the Fatal Flaw: The Rise of Entropology in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
7. The Rhetoric of Possibility: Trickster, the Postmodern Hero
Conclusion: Intercultural Hope: Alterity Post-9/11
Notes
References
Index
