An interdisciplinary thesis on identity politics, ethics, storytelling, and responsibility. Draws heavily from Emmanuel Levinas, Michel Foucault, and Adriana Cavarero, as well as other historical theorists.

Children learn to tell stories at home and in their communities. Culture influences narrative form and stories are often used as a “culture-preserving instrument” (Sapir, 1949). Thus, the stories they write as they enter ...