Sentence examples for lay narratives from inspiring English sources

The earliest lay narratives were written in the 12th century by Marie De France; her works were largely based on earlier Breton versions thought to have been derived from Celtic legend.

Deeper associations with more-than-representational theory suggest new directions in the study of therapeutic landscapes to uncover the importance of cultural practice and lay narratives of healing in the creation of healthy place.

Kangas [ 16] found a similar pattern of externalizing and internalizing etiology in lay narratives of depression.

A majority of earlier studies of lay narratives have focused on either women's or men's experiences.

Furthermore, the development of lay causal narratives and the negation of a 'diabetic identity' (resulting from lack of timely information and support) enabled some respondents to absolve themselves of any responsibility for their diabetes and inhibit subsequent behaviour change.

Such participation can become a sustained way of writing resistance to dispute big lie narratives with powerful ethnographic counter narratives that can begin to lift the fog that is quickly obscuring our social vision.

Almost everyone in this novel is telling stories, lying, finding narratives of why they did what they did, and why there are who they are.

So while rape apologists may think they are doing young men a favor by promoting the "boys will be boys" and "women are lying bitches" narratives, they are really just promoting a culture that allows rapists to thrive and puts vulnerable men as well as vulnerable women in danger.

The inclusion of bespoke cartoons based on experiential and lay knowledge and narratives together with making use of metaphor and humour which are known agents of engagement in health matters, is one means of addressing the health literacy agenda in the arena of long-term condition management.

The secret, dear reader, lies in narrative drive.

And therein lies the narrative arc of the C.I. recipe — invariably it begins with the insuperable flaw, that through toil and experimentation is resolved in a sudden, improbable revelation that, in-house, is known as the aha moment.