Discourse and lifespan identity

Author(s)

• Coupland, Nikolas
• Nussbaum, Jon F.

Bibliographic Information

Discourse and lifespan identity

Nikolas Coupland, Jon F. Nussbaum

（Language and language behaviors, v. 4）

Sage Publications, c1993

• : cl
• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references and author, subject indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

How are human and social development, maturation, ageing, stability and change reflected and constituted in interaction and social texts? This volume explores these questions from the viewpoint that rhetorical accomplishment plays a significant role in lifespan development and in the quality of our developmental experiences. Whether the focus is on transitions through student careers, mother-daughter relationships or marital communication, the contributors to this multidisciplinary volume provide specific analyses of discursive practices in and through which age-related identities and roles are formulated, challenged or consolidated. The result is a dynamic view of lifespan development in our culture.

Table of Contents

Introduction - Nikolas Coupland, Jon F Nussbaum and Alan Grossman Discourse, Selfhood and the Lifespan PART ONE: DISCURSIVELY FORMULATING THE LIFESPAN Becoming Someone - John Shotter Identity and Belonging Autobiographies and the Shaping of Gendered Lives - Mary M Gergen and Kenneth J Gergen Discursively Formulating the Significance of Reminiscence in Later Life - Kevin Buchanan and Dave Middleton Positioning and Autobiography - Luk Van Langenhove and Rom Harre Telling Your Life PART TWO: ACHIEVING CONTROL, TRANSITION AND CONTINUITY Pedagogic Discourse and Interaction Orders - Karin Aronsson and Ann-Carita Evaldsson Sharingtime and Control Contextualizing Social Control - Diane T Prusank An Ethnomethodological Analysis of Parental Accounts of Discipline Interactions Transitions Through the Student Career - Ann Q Staton Making Connections - Valerie Cryer Downs Narratives as the Expression of Continuity Between Generations of Grandparents and Grandchildren PART THREE: DISCOURSE AND INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS The Construction of `Closeness' in Mother-Daughter Relationships Across the Lifespan - Karen Henwood and Geraldine Coughlan Intergenerational Communication in the Mother-Daughter Dyad Regarding Caregiving Decisions - Victor G Cicirelli Investigations of Marital Communication and Lifespan Development - Alan L Sillars and Paul H Zietlow Couples and Change - William W Wilmot and Joyce L Hocker Intervention Through Discourse and Images Epilogue - Nikolas Coupland, Justine Coupland and Jon F Nussbaum Future Prospects in Lifespan Sociolinguistics

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Details

• NCID: BA21200282
• ISBN:
  • 0803951051
  • 080395106X
• LCCN: 93025530
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Newbury Park, Calif.
• Pages/Volumes: xxviii, 308 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : P302.84
  • DC20 : 306.4/4
  • NDC6 : 361.4
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Discourse analysis -- Social aspects
  • LCSH : Social interaction
  • LCSH : Life cycle, Human
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA19668441