this short essay my goal is to venture into the role of story-telling and narratives in anthropological discipline and give one take on how it is possible to understand the given role. By drawing on Tim Ingold`s understanding of the processes of getting to know phenomena existing in the world around us I shortly discuss the idea of fieldwork as a cognitive journey defined by reflexivity. When doing fieldwork the anthropologist inevitably joins the stories shared with her with personal stories, meaning
The book My Antonia is a historical fiction book written by Willa Cather. The book was first published in 1918 by Houghton Mifflin and is 175 pages long. It is a memoir about the life of the character Jim Burden, and the time he spent with his close friend Antonia. In this report I will first summarize the novel, then focus on the analyzing the way Cather challenges the dominant narratives of American success through the character Tiny Sodderball, a working immigrant girl who later makes a fortune
With the continuous movements or migration of people from their familiar surroundings to, such as, metropolitan cities or other countries or continents, maintaining or preserving clear or solid identity in such conditions and circumstances is extremely challenging. This paper interrogates identity in the two narratives and the impact of geographical, cultural and social surroundings on the person. Jan E. Stets and Peter J. Burke in their Article “Identity Theory and Social identity Theory” Assert
watched television without having an open mind on all the different aspects that go into television making. Now every time I watch television, my mind is aware of all the different aspects. Some of the aspects that I analyze while watching television are the polysemy, structure and visual sound and style of a program. The non-narrative program that I viewed on my television is Beyond Scared Straight, season 9 episode 9, which airs on the A & E channel. The original airdate and time is August 20th, 2015
Awareness, particularly social awareness, should be upheld and be taught to children at an early age. Well-informed citizens are
write was against the law, Douglass displayed inconceivable courage and incredible literary prowess by penning and publishing his memoir in 1845, the Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass: an American Slave. If Douglass' purpose was to expose the cruel atrocities of slavery for the slaves' point of view then he was successful. Throughout the narrative Douglas make several important points over and over. Justice for slaves (and all men of color) is different from justice for whites. Douglass shows
century, the dominantly patriarchal society of western culture began to feel a coming struggle for social power. It was at this time that the term, “the New Woman” came to exist. The New Woman did not follow the rules and limitations set by male-dominated society, but rather, had complete control of all aspects of her life – whether that meant social, personal or economic. This early feminist movement allowed women the opportunity to experience and exhibit a newfound freedom, which greatly threatened
When she first escaped, she faced many hardships. Soon, she decided to devote her life to the abolition of slavery. There is a book called The Narrative of Sojourner Truth: A Northern Slave. “This inspiring memoir, first published in 1850, recounts the struggles of a distinguished African-American abolitionist and champion of women's rights” (Narrative of Sojourner Truth). “Truth met a number of leading abolitionists at Northampton, including William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass and David
Cathy Caruth once said ‘The traumatized, we might say, carry an impossible history within them or they become themselves the symptom of a history that they cannot entirely possess.’ It is true that fictional narratives are not always derived from the personal views or experiences of the author who is writing them. But at times, they can perfectly capture trauma so convincingly that we are almost convinced they are drawing off of first-hand experience. Cathy Caruth, a trauma theorist, has summated
state elections of 1954, the recently decided Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas Supreme Court case, and the volatility of the civil rights movement of the 1960s. Emotional tension grew as listeners wonder how the story will end, and ultimately Long surprises (and possibly frustrates) the listener by not resolving so much the narrative about Grace Thomas' ultimate political fate. Instead, he used Thomas' example to hearken back to his earlier claim that God calls everyone and that responding