Table of Contents:
  • The deconstruction of the self / Edward E. Sampson
  • Language games and the texts of identity / Rom Harré
  • Ego identity and explanatory speech / B.R. Slugoski and G.P. Ginsburg
  • Discourse and power / Ian Parker
  • Warranting voice and the elaboration / Kenneth J. Gergen
  • The regulation of lesbian identities / Celia Kitzinger
  • Narrative culture and the motivation of the terrorist / Khachig Tölölyan
  • Individualizing psychology / Nikolas Rose
  • Social accountability and the social construction of "you" / John Shotter
  • Narrative embodiments : enclaves of the self in the realm of medicine / Katharine Young
  • Complex, ontology and our stake in the theatre / David Holt
  • The construction of identity in the narratives of romance and comedy / Kevin Murray
  • Narrative characters and accounting for violence / Margaret Wetherell and Jonathan Potter
  • Thriller : the self in modern society / Kurt W. Black.