Selves and Identities in Narrative and Discourse
Published on 14. December 2007
Book
Hardback
355 pages
978-90-272-2649-5 (ISBN)
Description
The different traditions that have inspired the contributors to this volume can be divided along three different orientations, one that is rooted predominantly in sociolinguistics, a second that is ethnomethodologically informed, and a third that came in the wake of narrative interview research. All three share a commitment to view self and identity not as essential properties of the person but as constituted in discursive practices and particularly in narrative. Moreover, since self and identity are held to be phenomena that are contextually and continually generated, they are defined and viewed in the plural, as selves and identities. In the attempt of moving closer toward a process-oriented approach to the formation of selves and identities, this volume sets the stage for future discussions of the role of narrative and discourse in this generation process and for how a close analysis of these processes can advance an understanding of the world around us and within this world, of identities and selves.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Target group
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
Dimensions
Height: 245 mm
Width: 164 mm
Weight
790 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-272-2649-5 (9789027226495)
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Michael Bamberg | Anna De Fina | Deborah Schiffrin
Selves and Identities in Narrative and Discourse
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Content
1. Contributors; 2. Introduction to the volume (by Bamberg, Michael); 3. "Goblins like to hear stories": Miskitu children's narratives of spirit encounters (by Minks, Amanda); 4. Storying as becoming: Identity through the telling of conversion (by Ayometzi, Cecilia Castillo); 5. Language and identity in discourse in the American South: Sociolinguistic repertoire as expressive resource in the presentation of self (by Davies, Catherine Evans); 6. Doing "being ordinary" in an interview narrative with a second generation Italian-Australian woman (by Paoletti, Isabella); 7. "Moral versions" of motherhood and daughterhood in Greek-Australian family narratives (by Petraki, Eleni); 8. Repetition and identity experimentation: One child's use of repetition as a resource for "trying on" maternal identities (by Gordon, Cynthia); 9. I beat them all up: Self-representation in young children's personal narratives (by Ely, Richard); 10. Multiple selves and thematic domains in gender identity: Perspectives from Chinese children's conflict management styles (by Guo, Jiansheng); 11. "Mr. Lanoe hit on my mom": Reestablishment of believability in sequential 'small stories' by adolescent boys (by Moissinac, Luke); 12. "Strip poker! They don't show nothing!": Positioning identities in adolescent male talk about a television game show (by Korobov, Neill); 13. Using the other for oneself: Conversational practices of representing out-group members among adolescents (by Deppermann, Arnulf); 14. Like pieces in a puzzle: Working with layered methods of reading personal narratives (by Sorsoli, Lynn); 15. Theories of self in psychotherapeutic narratives (by Fasulo, Alessandra); 16. Index