Charlotte Linde: 2 books
Life Stories
The Creation of Coherence
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 1993
All adult speakers in Western cultures have life stories argues Charlotte Linde, and the ways in which these life stories are formed and exchanged with others have a powerful effect on all of us. Life stories express our sense of self, who we are and how we got that way. According to Linde, we also...
Working the Past
Narrative and Institutional Memory
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2008
Stories told within institutions play a powerful role, helping to define not only the institution itself, but also its individual members. How do institutions use stories? How do those stories both preserve the past and shape the future? To what extent does narrative construct both collective and...