“…Community psychologists have drawn on various theoretical perspectives to examine experiences and processes of resistance, such as empowerment (Christens, 2012), sociopolitical development (Watts, Williams & Jagers, 2003), and liberation (Garc ıa-Ram ırez, Manuel, Paloma & Hern andezPlaza, 2011). A small but notable body of community psychology scholarship has examined various strategies for resisting dominant cultural narratives, such as the deconstruction of social myths as a central part of critical consciousness raising (Sonn & Fisher, 2003), and the telling of counter-narratives, re-imagined narratives of the self that reject the assumptions of dominant cultural narratives, and emphasize the capacity to resist and overcome oppression (Case & Hunter, 2012;McDonald et al, 2007;Rappaport, 2000). Much of this work signals the importance of identity-focused strategies for negotiating dominant cultural narratives, and points toward a broader body of scholarship on identity work (more recently referred to as narrative identity work), which is concerned with the construction and strategic use of personal and collective identity through narrative (Case & Hunter, 2014;Ibarra & Barbulescu, 2010;Snow & Anderson, 1987).…”