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High school reunions force participants to account for themselves, not only to their own satisfaction, but also to the satisfaction of others. This text explores the ongoing construction of identity in American society, and the narratives we tell ourselves about who we are.

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Acknowledgments Introduction 1: The Research Site and the Attendees 2: Community, Continuity, and the One-Night Stand 3: Reunions as Social Control 4: Autobiography as a Social Endeavor 5: A Memory of a Collective 6: Encountering a Personal Past 7: Managing Discontinuity 8: Between Situated Identity and Personal Identity Conclusion: Reunions and Beyond Appendix Notes References Index

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    Publisher: University of Chicago Press
    Publication Date: 6/22/1998 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780226856681, 978-0226856681
    ISBN10: 0226856682
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    Cultural studies Decolonisation Psychology: the self, ego, identity, personality

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    High school reunions force participants to account for themselves, not only to their own satisfaction, but also to the satisfaction of others. This text explores the ongoing construction of identity in American society, and the narratives we tell ourselves about who we are.

    Table of Contents
    Acknowledgments Introduction 1: The Research Site and the Attendees 2: Community, Continuity, and the One-Night Stand 3: Reunions as Social Control 4: Autobiography as a Social Endeavor 5: A Memory of a Collective 6: Encountering a Personal Past 7: Managing Discontinuity 8: Between Situated Identity and Personal Identity Conclusion: Reunions and Beyond Appendix Notes References Index

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