Real Recognition What Literary Texts Reveal About Social Validation Politics of

Real Recognition investigates the complexities of literary and social recognition to put a fresh, cross-disciplinary spin on reader identification and social acknowledgment. It argues that literary texts can make readers get what social acknowledgment is all about and thereby help us redefine a key concept in the social sciences

About the author

Marie-Elisabeth Lei Pihl earned her PhD in literature and sociology from the University of Southern Denmark in 2020. Currently, she works as a postdoctoral researcher within narrative medicine and literature-based social interventions at The University of Southern Denmark in collaboration with The National Institute of Public Health in Copenhagen.

Summary

Real Recognition investigates the complexities of literary and social recognition to put a fresh, cross-disciplinary spin on reader identification and social acknowledgment. It argues that literary texts can make readers get what social acknowledgment is all about and thereby help us redefine a key concept in the social sciences

Product details

• Authors: MARIE-ELISABETH LEI PIHL
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 27.05.2024
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories
• EAN: 9781032340944
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3234094-4
• Pages: 216
• Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Literature
• Subjects: Europe, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 21st Century, Identity Politics, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: from c 2000, Narrative Theory, Disability representation, intersectionality studies, reader response criticism, social acknowledgment, literary texts and social validation