Narratives of identity and place
Changes of residence are common in contemporary Western societies. Traditional connections to birthplaces, home towns and countries are broken as people relocate and migrate, yet where they live remains significant to people's identity and stories of who they are. This book investigates the con...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York, NY :
Routledge
2010.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798208506719 |
| Sumario: | Changes of residence are common in contemporary Western societies. Traditional connections to birthplaces, home towns and countries are broken as people relocate and migrate, yet where they live remains significant to people's identity and stories of who they are. This book investigates the continuing importance of place for women's identities, employing a theoretical and empirical approach based on previous work in narrative and discursive psychology. Through an analysis of women's talk, the book examines how commonsense meanings shape and limit people's identity-work to establish a |
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| Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (161 p.) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781135193775 9781135193782 9781282576223 9786612576225 9780203864678 |
