Narratives of Identity and Place

by Stephanie Taylor

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415480477
• ISBN13: 9780415480475
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"