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I am currently doing research -- in a still very preliminary fashion -- for an article on the origin and the current use of the beltway think-tank buzzword, "narrative."
My very tentative thoughts about this term is that it seems to be a convenient, meant-to-be persuasive replacement for "actually" telling the truth. In other words, it's not the "story" in itself, but how/why it's told, that really counts in "hardball" politics/foreign affairs.
If you have any thoughts about this linguistic/political phenomenon, I would much appreciate your sharing them at john.h30@gmailcom.
Best, john
BTW, The rampant use of this word is evident from a Google search:
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Judge slams NY mayor over 'false narrative' in cop killer case NEW YORK—The Manhattan judge who sent a career criminal into drug treatment only to see him arrested a few months later on charges that he ...
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Justin Bieber's comeback narrative has a few plot holes Milo Ventimiglia and Mandy Moore, celebrating the magical interconnection of "having a birthday" at different points in their lives. (Photo: Getty Images) ...
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Tearing Down "The Wall": How Stanford Is Helping To Counter The Anti-Hispanic Business Narrative It's a typically weather-perfect Wednesday at the Stanford Business School campus, but the CEMEX auditorium is filling with lots on unfamiliar faces.
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An excellent narrative history of Sicily However, if you want a well-written narrative history of Sicily, this book is excellent. William Christian is a retired University of Guelph political science ...
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Narrative holds a lot of power I am Daddy's little girl but theirs is a different narrative – in fact we ... Think about it, President Mwai Kibaki came in under thenarrative 'saviour
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Africa Rising: reviewing the narrative But within a decade, the narrative about Africa changed. It changed from a region of unabated pestilence to a rising economic giant. The Economist ...
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Irresponsible statements changed Biharnarrative: Jaitley "It should not be interpreted as a mandate to obstruct parliament", Venkaiah Naidu told reporters in New DelhiFitch Ratings agency director, Thomas ...
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Narrative Verdict After Nightclub Deaths A jury has concluded that repeated announcements from a DJ urging revellers to leave a nightclub contributed to the deaths of two students killed in a ...
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A crowded narrative makes it difficult to 'Love the Coopers' My father used to sing this classic Christmas song – seemingly – every day between Thanksgiving and Christmas while we were growing up. True to ...
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A Conversation with Convention: Rick Alverson's Entertainment Demands a Better Movie-Watcher Entertainment, Alverson's latest work after 2012's The Comedy, uses these misled expectations as the basis to create anarrative familiar on the ...
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WRTG 3020-582: Topics in Writing: Narrative and the Self 582 WRTG 3020 Section 582; Class 36479 Topics in Writing: Narrative and the Self. WRTG 3020-582: Topics in Writing: Narrative and the Self 582. |
