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Life stories : the creation of coherence /
All adult speakers in Western cultures have life stories argues Charlotte Linde, and the ways in which these life stories are formed and exchanged with others have a powerful effect on all of us. Life stories express our sense of self, who we are and how we got that way. According to Linde, we also...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
1993.
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| Colección: | Oxford studies in sociolinguistics.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | All adult speakers in Western cultures have life stories argues Charlotte Linde, and the ways in which these life stories are formed and exchanged with others have a powerful effect on all of us. Life stories express our sense of self, who we are and how we got that way. According to Linde, we also use these stories to show that our lives can be understood as coherent, and to assert or negotiate group membership. These life stories take part in the highest level of social constructions, since they are built on cultural assumptions about what is expected in a life, what the norms for a successf. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 242 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-234) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780195360844 0195360842 9780195073720 019507372X 1280533536 9781280533532 |