The co-authored self : family stories and the construction of personal identity

Summary: In 'The Co-authored Self', Kate McLean addresses the question of how an individual comes to develop an identity by focusing on the process of interpersonal storytelling, particularly through the stories people hear, co-tell, and share of and with their families. McLean details how identity development is a collaborative construction between the individual and his or her narrative ecology.

Record details

ISBN: 9780199995752
ISBN: 0199995753
ISBN: 9780190280475
ISBN: 0190280476
ISBN: 9780199995745
Physical Description: remote
1 online resource
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Source of Description Note:	Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 24, 2016)