Brave space-making : the poetics and politics of storytelling /

Storytelling is a meaning-making process with catalytic capacity. This volume explores the generative potential of storytelling by focusing on its centrality in brave space-making. Brave spaces are spheres of possibility where participants undo in order to become, question and disrupt dominant narra...

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Other Authors: Peterson, Brittany L. (Editor), Harter, Lynn M. (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Dubuque, IA : Kendall Hunt Publishing Company, [2022]
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