This 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 me[...]
Stories told within institutions play a powerful role, helping to define not only the institution itself, but also its individual members. How do institutions use stories? How do those stories both preserve the past and shape the future? To what extent does narrative construct both collective and [...]
Elleve av våre aller beste ungdomsbokforfattere fikk utfordringen: Skriv om pubertet og de forandringene som skjer da for lesere i rett alder. Men for all del - ikke skriv om pubertet! Resultatet er blitt elleve gode, tøffe, morsomme, pinlige og spennende historier om ... alt mulig, egentlig.De el[...]