Chapter 17: Above and Beyond the Single Story by Richa Ohri
Richa Ohri explores her identity as an Indian woman through the lens of the single story and the inherent danger in clinging to single-story versions of each other. The author shares how her experiences have helped her to rise above and beyond the single story.
Richa Ohri (PhD) has been teaching Intercultural Communication, Critical Thinking, Language, Media and Society, and English at Chiba University in Chiba, Japan for over 10 years. Her research has focused on stereotyping, exclusion and othering of non-native Japanese speakers. Her current Grants-in-Aid for scientific research (kaken) focuses on teaching methodology to activate "active knowledge" in an intercultural communication classroom. She is also currently working on a project called #NewFaceofJapan, @new_face_of_japan documenting the experiences of "foreign-looking" people residing in Japan and the challenges they face as they try to fit in Japanese society. Please visit her website at: www.richaohri.com
Ohri, R. (2020). Above and beyond the single story. In D. H. Nagatomo, K. A. Brown, & M. L. Cook (Eds.), Foreign female English teachers in Japanese higher education: Narratives from our quarter​ (pp. 225-238). Candlin & Mynard. https://doi.org/10.47908/11/17