Identity and Story: Creating Self in Narrative

Identity and Story: Creating Self in Narrative
ISBN-10
159147356X
ISBN-13
9781591473565
Category
Psychology / General
Pages
284
Language
English
Published
2006
Publisher
American Psychological Association
Authors
Ruthellen Josselson, Dan P. McAdams, Amia Lieblich

Description

In Identity and Story: Creating Self in Narrative, the fourth volume inthe series The Narrative Study of Lives, Dan P. McAdams, RuthellenJosselson, and Amia Lieblich bring together an interdisciplinary andinternational group of creative researchers and theorists to examine theway the stories we tell create our identities. An increasing number ofpsychologists argue that people living in modern societies give meaningto their lives by constructing and internalizing self-defining stories.

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