Beyond Narrative Coherence

Author:   Matti Hyvärinen (University of Tampere) ,  Lars-Christer Hydén (Linköping University) ,  Marja Saarenheimo (Central Union for the Welfare of the Aged) ,  Maria Tamboukou (University of East London)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   11
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9789027226518


Pages:   196
Publication Date:   13 January 2010
Format:   Hardback
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Beyond Narrative Coherence reconsiders the way we understand and work with narratives. Even though narrators tend to strive for coherence, they also add complexity, challenge canonical scripts, and survey lives by telling highly perplexing and contradictory stories. Many narratives remain incomplete, ambiguous, and contradictory. Obvious coherence cannot be the sole moral standard, the only perspective of reading, or the criterion for selecting and discarding research material. Beyond Narrative Coherence addresses the limits and aspects of narrative (dis)cohering by offering a rich theoretical and historical background to the debate. Limits of narrative coherence are discussed from the perspective of three fields of life that often threaten the coherence of narrative: illness, arts, and traumatic political experience. The authors of the book cover a wide range of disciplines such as psychology, sociology, arts studies, political science and philosophy.

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Author:   Matti Hyvärinen (University of Tampere) ,  Lars-Christer Hydén (Linköping University) ,  Marja Saarenheimo (Central Union for the Welfare of the Aged) ,  Maria Tamboukou (University of East London)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   11
Weight:   0.515kg
ISBN:  

9789027226518


ISBN 10:   9027226512
Pages:   196
Publication Date:   13 January 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. Beyond narrative coherence: An introduction (by Hyvarinen, Matti); 2. Weird stories: Brain, mind, and self (by Medved, Maria I.); 3. Identity, self, narrative (by Hyden, Lars-Christer); 4. 'Mind-reading', a method for understanding the broken narrative of an aphasic man (by Aaltonen, Tarja); 5. Broken narratives, visual forces: Letters, paintings and the event (by Tamboukou, Maria); 6. Artists-in-progress: Narrative Identity of the Self as Another (by Sandino, Linda); 7. Breaking of self-narrative as a means of reorientation? (by Hanninen, Vilma); 8. There is no fear in my lexicon vs. You are not normal if you won't be scared : A qualitative semiotic analysis of the 'broken' discourse of Israeli bus drivers who experienced terror attacks (by Perez, Alison Stern); 9. Beyond narrative: The shape of traumatic testimony (by Andrews, Molly); 10. Afterword: 'Even Amidst': Rethinking Narrative Coherence (by Freeman, Mark); 11. Index; 12. List of contributors

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