.... The ideas are communicated by the sharing of experiences through myth and storytelling. Design/methodology/approach An alternative lens for understanding the giving of accounts is proposed, drawing on earlier feminist accounting literature as well as storytelling and myth. Findings Including...

.... It is one of very few papers to interpret SER explicitly through the lens of discourse theory. Crawford Spence can be contacted at: cs384@st‐andrews.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Social environment Audit reports Language Myths Ideologies are historical facts which...

... reporting, and to add to the interpretation of visual images within financial reporting. Myths Financial reporting Religion Philosophy The sacred and accounting, mother tongue of capitalism, might seem an unlikely juxtaposition. However, the present study suggests that it is possible...

...Lars‐Eric Bergevarn; Olov Olson The article deals with the development of Swedish municipal accounting since the middle of the last century to the present time. The article focuses on reforms of accounting norms on one hand and on myths of accounting on the other. The main conclusions...