How Narrative Shapes Culture and Society

A Socio-Narratology of Power and Influence

James E. Siburt (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

144 Seiten

2026
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
9781666927085 (ISBN)

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This book explores—through myths, fairy tales, parables, and trickster figures—how everyday storytelling operates as a powerful cultural practice that shapes identity, exercises influence, and reveals the deep interplay between leadership, desire, and narrative power.

This book analyzes how everyday storytelling operates as a subtle yet powerful mode of influence, shaping identity, belief systems, and leadership across diverse cultural contexts.
Bridging literary theory, cultural studies, and leadership practice, it offers an interdisciplinary examination of myths, fairy tales, parables, and trickster narratives to uncover the mechanisms through which stories embed and transmit power. With critical insight into the ideological and affective force of narrative, James E. Siburt reveals how even the most ordinary stories sustain social norms, seed collective values, and mirror the deep structures of human desire and meaning-making.

James E. Siburt is associate professor of sociology of leadership and the Director of Graduate Leadership at Immaculata University.

Preface
Introduction
Chapter One: The Practice of Story
Chapter Two: Myths: Stories of Origin
Chapter Three: Fairy Tales: Influencing Social Practices
Chapter Four: The Other in Fairy Tales
Chapter Five: A Strange Parable
Chapter Six: Trickster: The Unexpected Leader
Chapter Seven: Interpellating Desire
Conclusion
References
Index
About the Author

Erscheinungsdatum	06.11.2025
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Volkskunde
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-13	9781666927085 / 9781666927085
Zustand	Neuware