Description
Book Synopsis* Provides a state of the art overview of positioning theory* Features contributions from some of worlda s leading experts in the field* Contains examples throughout to illustrate the theory. .
Table of Contents1. The dynamics of social episodes: R. Harré and L. van Langenhove.
2. Introducing positioning theory: R. Harré and L. van Langenhove.
3. Positioning and personhood: B. Davies and R. Harré.
4. Preparing for positive positioning: D. Howie.
5. Reflexive positioning: autobiography: L. van Langenhove and R. Harré.
6. Reflexive positioning: culture and private discourse: Sui-lan Tan and F. M. Moghaddam.
7. Positioning and the recovery of social identity: S. Sabat and R. Harré.
8. Positioning and the writing of science: L. van Langenhove and R. Harré.
9. Positioning in technology: L. van Langenhove and R. Bertolink.
10. Positioning as the production and use of stereotypes: L. van Langenhove and R. Harré.
11. Strategies of positioning in 'national' discourse: L. Berman.
12. Positioning as display of cultural identity: D. Carbaugh.
13. Positioning in intergroup relations: Sui-lan Tan and F. M. Moghaddam.
14. New directions for positioning theory: R. Harré and L. van Langenhove.
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