Alterity and Narrative

Kathleen Glenister Roberts is Assistant Professor of Communication and Rhetorical Studies and Director of the Communication Ethics Center at Duquesne University.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Identity, Alterity, and Narrative1. Soteria, the Mother as Other: Medea in Ancient Greece (and Beyond)2. A Man Cannot Be a Prophet in His Own Country: Saint Paul and Universalism3. The Curses of Medieval Man: Reverberations from the Tower of Babel4. Fierce Warriors: The Other as Comrade in Othello and World War II5. The Enlightenment Noble Savage: Diderot’s Tahiti and Other Imaginary Locales6. Modernity, Industry, and the Fatal Flaw: The Rise of Entropology in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court7. The Rhetoric of Possibility: Trickster, the Postmodern HeroConclusion: Intercultural Hope: Alterity Post-9/11NotesReferencesIndex

"Alterity and Narrative is a good read … the stories … are, of course, classics; it is always fun to look at them again and in a new way." — Journal of Folklore Research"Roberts is spectacularly well informed and writes with a masterly but engaging style. Her productive integration of identity and culture contributes to narrative theory and cultural history both, and ensures that this book will be read seriously." — Clifford Christians, coeditor of Communication Ethics and Universal Values