Curated Stories: The Uses and Misuses of Storytelling

by Sujatha Fernandes

Storytelling has proliferated today, from TED Talks and Humans of New York to a plethora of story-coaching agencies and consultants. Heartbreaking accounts of poverty, mistreatment, and struggle may move us deeply. But what do they move us to do? And what are the stakes in the crafting and use of storytelling?

In Curated Stories, Sujatha Fernandes considers the rise of storytelling alongside the broader shift to neoliberal, free-market economies...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190618051
• ISBN13: 9780190618056
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.2" x 9.2"