Identity and story

Identity and story: creating self in narrative

by Josselson, Ruthellen Lieblich, Amia McAdams, Dan P.

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"An increasing number of psychologists argue that people give meaning to their lives by constructing and internalizing self-defining stories. The contributors to this volume explore how, beginning in adolescence and young adulthood, our narrative identities become the stories we live by. This volume addresses the most important and difficult issues in the study of narrative identity, including questions of unity and multiplicity in stories, the controversy over individual versus societal author…

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  • Full title :Identity and story : creating self in narrative / Dan P. McAdams, Ruthellen Josselson, and Amia Lieblich, editors.

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"An increasing number of psychologists argue that people give meaning to their lives by constructing and internalizing self-defining stories. The contributors to this volume explore how, beginning in adolescence and young adulthood, our narrative identities become the stories we live by. This volume addresses the most important and difficult issues in the study of narrative identity, including questions of unity and multiplicity in stories, the controversy over individual versus societal authorship of stories, and the extent to which stories typically show stability or growth in the narrator."--Résumé de l'éditeur.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2006.
  • Edition:1st ed

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The Physical Object

  • Description:x, 284 pages

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:159147356X, 9781591473565
  • oclc:ocn424195426
  • LC Classification:BF697 I347 2006
  • Dewey Decimal:155.2/5

Subjects

Ego Histoires de vie (psychologie) Identité identité -- études diverses. -- narrati… Identité (Psychologie) Identity (Psychology) Moi (Psychologie) Narration Narration (Rhetoric) Psychologie -- Histoires de vie Psychology -- Biographical methods Self Soi

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Josselson, Ruthellen Lieblich, Amia McAdams, Dan P.

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