Identity, narrative, and politics
By: Maureen Whitebrook.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2001
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 178
Subjects: English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.; Politics and literature -- English-speaking countries -- History -- 20th century.; American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.; Political fiction -- History and criticism.; Identity (Psychology) in literature.; Group identity in literature.; Narration (Rhetoric)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-174) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:  1 Introduction: identity, narrative, narratives and; title: narrative identity 1; title: 2 The narrative construction of identity 22; title: 3 Uncertain identity 43; title: 4 Gaps and fragments 64; title: 5 Contingency, identity and agency 87; title: 6 Coherent identity 107; title: 7 Narrative, identity and politics 127; title: 8 Postscript 150.