{"product_id":"9781526100252","title":"Romantic narratives in international politics: Pirates, rebels and mercenaries","description":"By developing a new analytical method of narrative discourse analysis, this study introduces new insights from literary studies and narratology into International Relations. This method examines the romantic narratives of pirates in Somalia,  rebels in Libya and private military and security companies in Iraq and  argues that these best resonate with an audience if they are able to  connect to culturally embedded narratives found in literature, media and  pop-culture. Dominant romantic narratives marginalise other, less flattering, stories  about these actors, in which they are constituted as terrorists and  held responsible for human rights violations.  Focusing on the three narrative elements of setting, characterization  and employment, the book argues that narratives are of fundamental  importance for human cognition and identity construction. They  help us understand the social and political world in which we live. The  book emphasises the idea of intertextual narratability which holds that  for narratives to become dominant they have to link themselves to  previously existing stories.","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47144617902320,"sku":"9781526100252","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781526100252_p0.jpg?v=1763738888","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781526100252","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}