Considering Counter-narratives: Narrating, resisting, making sense

Edited by Michael Bamberg and Molly Andrews, John Benjamins Publishing Co.Studies in Narrative Series

Counter-narratives only make sense in relation to something else, that which they are countering. They very name identifies it as a positional category, in tension with another category. But what is dominant and what is resistant are not, of course, static questions, but rather are forever shifting placements. The discussion of counter-narratives is ultimately a consideration of multiple layers of positioning. The fluidity of these relational categories is what lies at the center for the chapters and commentaries collected in this book. The book comprises six target chapters by leading scholars in the field. Twenty-two commentators discuss these chapters from a number of diverse vantage points, followed by responses from the six original authors. The book concludes with a final chapter by one of the editors.