Editor: Joanna Thornborrow, Cardiff University
Editor: Jennifer Coates, University of Surrey Roehampton
Hardback: ISBN: 9027226466 Pages: vi, 300 Price: Europe EURO 105.00
Hardback: ISBN: 1588116352 Pages: vi, 300 Price: U.S. $ 126.00
Abstract:
This book aims to appraise sociolinguistic work devoted to the form and function of storytelling and to examine in detail the ways in which narrative constitutes a fundamental discursive resource across a range of contexts. The chapters presented here bring together some of the most recent work in the theory and practice of narrative analysis from a broad sociolinguistic perspective. They address some of the questions left implicit whenever stories are brought within the analytic frame of sociolinguistics: What exactly do we mean by 'story'?; what kind of social and contextual variations can determine the production and shape of situated stories, and what are the core elements of narrative as a discursive unit and interactional resource?; how is the relationship between narrative discourse and social context articulated in the construction of cultural identities? The data come both from institutional settings such as workplaces, courtrooms, schools, and the media, as well as from informal everyday settings.
The Sociolinguistics of Narrative: Identity, performance, culture Joanna Thornborrow and Jennifer Coates pp.1-16
Narrative as a resource in accounts of the experience of illness Jenny Cheshire and Sue Ziebland pp.17-40
Storying East-German pasts: Memory discourses and narratives of readjustment on the German/Polish and former German/German border Heidi Armbruster and Ulrike H. Meinhof pp.41-65
Narrative demands, cultural performance and evaluation: Teenage boys' stories for their age-peers Nikolas Coupland, Peter Garrett and Angie Williams pp.67-88
Masculinity, collaborative narration and the heterosexual couple Jennifer Coates pp.89-106
Contextualizing and recontextualizing interlaced stories in conversation Neal R. Norrick pp.107-127
Hearing Voices: Evasion and self-disclosure in a man's narratives of alcohol addiction Dick Leith pp.129-148
Modes of meaning making in young children's conversational storytelling Shoshana Blum-Kulka pp.149-170
Two systems of mutual engagement: The co-construction of gendered narrative styles by American preschoolers Amy Sheldon and Heidi Engstrom pp.171-192
Narrative and the construction of professional identity in the workplace Janet Holmes and Meredith Marra pp.193-213
Telling stories and giving evidence: The hybridisation of narrative and non-narrative modes of discourse in a sexual assault trial Sandra J. Harris pp.215-237
Television news and narrative: How relevant are narrative models for explaining the coherence of television news? Martin Montgomery pp.239-260
Performing theories of narrative: Theorising narrative performance Terry Threadgold pp.261-278
References pp.279-293
Index pp.295-299
Linguistic Field(s):
Discourse Analysis
Sociolinguistics
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