The Self We Live by: Narrative Identity in a Postmodern World

Abstract

INTRODUCTION 1. Restorying the Self PART I: ENVISIONING A SOCIAL SELF 2. Formulating a Social Self 3. The Dark Side 4. Two Options for the Postmodern Self 5. Ending the Story in Interpretive Practice PART II: THE EVERYDAY TECHNOLOGY OF SELF CONSTRUCTION 6. Narrating the Self 7. Producing Self in Talk and Interaction 8. Conditions of Self Construction 9. Material Mediations CONCLUSION 10. The Moral Climate of the Self We Live By