Through a careful study of eco/feminist activism against clear-cut logging practices,The Changing Nature of Eco/Feminism explores how a transnational eco/feminist practice insisted on an account of cl
The oral histories and folk stories of the Hausa women are examined to challenge the written documentation of the Sokoto Caliphate during the colonization of Western Africa.
Who was Acorn Whistler, and why did he have to die? A deeply researched analysis of a bloody eighteenth-century conflict and its tangled aftermath, The Four Deaths of Acorn Whistler unearths competing
Maynes (history), Jennifer L. Pierce (American studies) and Barbara Laslett (emeritus, sociology)--all of U. of Minnesota--contend that the analysis of personal narrative demonstrates that human agen
"Few of the countless real-life stories of workplace discrimination suffered by men and women every day are ever told publicly. This book boldly and eloquently rights that wrong, going where no plaint
In Telling Stories, Mary Jo Maynes, Jennifer L. Pierce, and Barbara Laslett argue that personal narratives—autobiographies, oral histories, life history interviews, and memoirs—are an important resear
Telling Stories, based on the Rockwell collections of George Lucas and Steven Spielberg, is the first book to chart the connections between Rockwell’s iconic depictions of American life and t
In a set of stories about 17 American heroes and heroines, this book analyzes the hero concept in the nation’s history. This book unmasks and reveals some of the United States’ most beloved historical
Using a narrative thread that ties practical advice to his personal experience as a professor, reporter, and blogger, Jerry Lanson fills his book on nonfiction story telling with time-proven technique
T. Lindsay Baker has been finding and telling stories from Texas history for decades. His frequent road trips across Texas and love for its people and past have inspired the creation of Texas Stories
Telling Stories to Change the World is a powerful collection of essays about community-based and interest-based projects where storytelling is used as a strategy for speaking out for justice. Contribu
The Story I Want to Tell is a compilation of forty stories, essays, and poems, half of them written by young writers who work with The Telling Room of Portland, Maine, and the other half by experience
