{"product_id":"life-stories-9780195073737","title":"Life Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a sociolinguistic study of how people create and exchange coherent oral life stories. Linde claims such stories serve a number of psychological and social purposes, including the development and expression of a sense of self and the solidification and definition of relationships and group memberships. She focuses on different coherence systems, including `common sense'' and its peculiarly American nature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An excellent example of interdisciplinary theory and research, and a lucid introduction to the study of narrative.  Linde bridges the neglected gap between rhetoric and the psychology of narrative.  Really delightful.\"--Andrew Garrison, Miami University \"Looks extremely interesting....Offers the opportunity to bridge some significant gaps in our understanding of how our self schemas really function.\"--Elizabeth Weiss Ozorak, Allegheny College \"I have read Life Stories with much pleasure and enlightenment. It is a work that combines impressive scholarship in several academic disciplines, and an insightful perspective on popular culture. It will make a substantial contribution to several fields: linguistics, conversation analysis, discourse analysis, psychology, anthropology, and sociology--and no doubt others as well.\"--Robin Lakoff, University of California, Berkeley \"Charlotte Linde's book provides a useful exploration of life stories' structure and their implications for larger issues.\"--Anthropological Linguistics \"Linde's provocative work will stimulate sociologists to rethink how sociological analyses can benefit from the contributions of its cousin sociolinguistics and visa versa.\"--American Journal of Sociology \"Life Stories is a richly innovative study, packed with insights into the way we use stories to create and maintain an identity over time. ...the book contains much that will interest a wide variety of readers, from linguists, narratologists, and literary theorists, to sudents of autobiography and folklore.  An imaginative, stylishly written and boldly interdisciplinary study, Life Stories focuses our attention on a hitherto unexplored mode of narrative discourse, throwing new light on the interconnections between self and story.\"--Style \"An excellent example of interdisciplinary theory and research, and a lucid introduction to the study of narrative.  Linde bridges the neglected gap between rhetoric and the psychology of narrative.  Really delightful.\"--Andrew Garrison, Miami University \"Looks extremely interesting....Offers the opportunity to bridge some significant gaps in our understanding of how our self schemas really function.\"--Elizabeth Weiss Ozorak, Allegheny College \"I have read Life Stories with much pleasure and enlightenment. It is a work that combines impressive scholarship in several academic disciplines, and an insightful perspective on popular culture. It will make a substantial contribution to several fields: linguistics, conversation analysis, discourse analysis, psychology, anthropology, and sociology--and no doubt others as well.\"--Robin Lakoff, University of California, Berkeley \"Charlotte Linde's book provides a useful exploration of life stories' structure and their implications for larger issues.\"--Anthropological Linguistics \"Linde's provocative work will stimulate sociologists to rethink how sociological analyses can benefit from the contributions of its cousin sociolinguistics and visa versa.\"--American Journal of Sociology \"Life Stories is a richly innovative study, packed with insights into the way we use stories to create and maintain an identity over time. ...the book contains much that will interest a wide variety of readers, from linguists, narratologists, and literary theorists, to students of autobiography and folklore.  An imaginative, stylishly written and boldly interdisciplinary study, Life Stories focuses our attention on a hitherto unexplored mode of narrative discourse, throwing new light on the interconnections between self and story.\"--Style","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766811689303,"sku":"9780195073737","price":41.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780195073737.jpg?v=1758711332","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/life-stories-9780195073737","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}