Narratives in action : a strategy for research and analysis /

This work tells how narrative self-construction happens in part through the interactional power of narrative discourse, as narrators enact characteristic types of social events, with their audiences, while telling their stories.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wortham, Stanton, 1963- (Author)
Other Authors: Gergen, Kenneth J. (writer of foreword.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Teachers College Press, [2001]
Series:Counseling and development series.
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Description
Summary:This work tells how narrative self-construction happens in part through the interactional power of narrative discourse, as narrators enact characteristic types of social events, with their audiences, while telling their stories.
Physical Description:xiv, 183 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-177) and index.
ISBN:0807740764
9780807740767
0807740756
9780807740750