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
imagine being. Stories connect people, but they can also
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.
Along the way he also tells stories: from folktales to research
interviews to remembrances.
Frank's unique approach uses literary concepts to ask social
scientific questions: how do stories make life good and when do
they endanger it? Going beyond theory, he presents a thorough
introduction to dialogical narrative analysis, analyzing modes of
interpretation, providing specific questions to start analysis, and
describing different forms analysis can take. Building on his
renowned work exploring the relationship between narrative and
illness, "Letting Stories Breathe" expands Frank's horizons
further, offering a compelling perspective on how stories affect
human lives.
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