• ISBN13: 9780367234034
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Sociology and Anthropology
• Publisher: T&F
• Publisher Imprint: Routledge
• Publication Date: January 1, 2021
• Pages: 494
• Original Price: GBP 220.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 808 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Sociology / General

Routledge Handbook of Counter-Narratives is a landmark volume providing students, university lecturers, and practitioners with a comprehensive and structured guide to the major topics and trends of research on counter-narratives. The concept of counter-narratives covers resistance and opposition as told and framed by individuals and social groups. Counter-narratives are stories impacting on social settings that stand opposed to (perceived) dominant and powerful master-narratives. In sum, the contributions in this handbook survey how counter-narratives unfold power to shape and change various fields. Fields investigated in this handbook are organizations and professional settings, issues of education, struggles and concepts of identity and belonging, the political field, as well as literature and ideology. The handbook is framed by a comprehensive introduction as well as a summarizing chapter providing an outlook on future research avenues. Its direct and clear appeal will support university learning and prompt both students and researchers to further investigate the arena of narrative research.

Klarissa Lueg, Dr.phil.habil, Associate Professor, is the Head of the Center of Narratological Studies (CNS) at the University of Southern Denmark. She researches themes within narrative inquiry, organization studies, and cultural sociology. She has published in Studies in Higher Education, Innovation, The European Journal of Social Science Research, Academy of Management, Learning and Education, and the Asian Journal of Social Sciences.

Marianne Wolff Lundholt, PhD, is the Head of the Department of Design and Communication at the University of Southern Denmark. She is the co-author of Leadership Communication in Theory and Practice (2019) and Counter-Narratives and Organization (2017).