Life stories : the creation of coherence /

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Author / Creator:	Linde, C. (Charlotte)
Imprint:	New York : Oxford University Press, 1993.
Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 242 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Oxford Studies in Sociolinguistics. Oxford studies in sociolinguistics.
Subject:	Discourse analysis, Narrative. Cohesion (Linguistics) Cohesion (Linguistics) Discourse analysis, Narrative. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11280615

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ISBN:	9780195360844 0195360842 9780195073720 019507372X 0195073738 019507372X 9780195073737
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-234) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	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.
Other form:	Print version: Linde, C. (Charlotte). Life stories. New York : Oxford University Press, 1993 019507372X 9780195073720
Standard no.:	9780195073720

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