Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Selves and identities in narrative and discourse Selves and identities in narrative and discourse Michael G. W. Bamberg,Anna De Fina,Deborah Schiffrin x, 355 p. : 25 cm OL16968514W
Narrative theory unbound Narrative theory unbound Robyn R. Warhol,Susan Sniader Lanser "Under the bold banner of Narrative Theory Unbound: Queer and Feminist Interventions, editors Robyn Warhol and Susan S. Lanser gather a diverse spectrum of queer and feminist challenges to the theory… OL20030618W
Living Narrative Living Narrative Elinor Ochs,Lisa Capps "This book looks at everyday storytelling as a twofold phenomenon - a response to our desire for coherence, but also a response to our need to probe and acknowledge the enigmatic aspects of experienc… OL20992466W
Unreliable narration and trustworthiness Unreliable narration and trustworthiness Vera Nünning "Initiating a transgeneric, intermedial and interdisciplinary approach to narrative unreliability, this volume is meant to enrich, modify and refine our understanding of (un)reliable narration by tak… OL23223128W
The last cannibals The last cannibals Ellen B. Basso "Third book in a series on Kalapalo narrative discourse uses nine stories collected between 1967-82 to interpret Kalapalo history. Primarily concerned with what these stories can tell us about a part… OL3493467W
Performing dreams Performing dreams Laura R. Graham "Discourse-centered approach to Xavante culture focuses on the performance of songs, the telling of dreams, and the transmission of culture. Principal arguments are that the meaning of expressive pra… OL3506137W
Voices of the Poor in Africa Voices of the Poor in Africa Elizabeth Isichei "Elizabeth Isichei explores the Atlantic slave trade, as reflected in the poetics of rumor and the poetics of memory - an approach different from the quantitative and demographic studies which have t… OL8941619W