Not Only Rivers and Mountains: Why Story Matters in New Area Studies

Area Studies was accused of storytelling, apparently an academic crime that merited its so-called demise. In this paper, I argue that storytelling is an integral part of academic writing in the humanities and that the rebirth of New Area Studies can be at least in part explained by its stress on nar...

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Main Author: Philip Wilson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of East Anglia 2021-11-01
Series:New Area Studies
Online Access:https://account.newareastudies.com/index.php/up-j-nas/article/view/37