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Working the Past

Narrative and Institutional Memory

By: Charlotte Linde

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Working the Past

Narrative and Institutional Memory

By: Charlotte Linde

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 individual identity? Charlotte Linde's unique and far-reaching study addresses these questions by looking at the interplay of narratives, memory, and identity in a large insurance company. Her detailed ethnography looks at the role of stories within the institution and how they are employed by its members in both private and group settings. Analyzing the re-telling of certain key stories, she shows how the formation of "core" stories and their multiple re-tellings and modifications provide a means of formulating and promoting a cohesive group identity - which in turn shapes the stories and identities of the individuals within the collective. Linde also looks at silences, and how stories not told also convey their version of the past. Working the Past shows how stories that might otherwise be seen as part of mundane daily life are in fact utterly essential to the formation and maintenance of individual and group identity. Her original research will appeal to those interested in narrative studies, linguistics, anthropology, sociology, and institutional memory.

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Oxford University Press

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019514029X

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9780195140293

Life Stories

The Creation of Coherence

By: Charlotte Linde

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Life Stories

The Creation of Coherence

By: Charlotte Linde

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 use these stories to show that our lives can be understood as coherent, and to assert or negotiate group membership. These life stories take part in the highest level of social constructions, since they are built on cultural assumptions about what is expected in a life, what the norms for a successful life are, and what common or special belief systems are necessary to establish coherence. The life story, illuminated by this engrossing study, is a form of everyday discourse which has not previously been precisely defined or studied. It is an oral, discontinuous unit, consisting of stories which are retold in a variety of forms over a long period of time, and which may be revised and changed as the speaker comes to drop old meanings and add new ones to parts of the life story. The life story is a particularly rich and important area for study, because it represents a crossroads of linguistic structure and social practice. Linde's analysis is of importance to linguistics, as well as having broader implications for anthropology, psychology, and sociology.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0195073738

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9780195073737

Cassell's German Dictionary

German-English, English-German

By: H.C. Sasse,Harold T. Betteridge,Joseph Horne,Charlotte Dixon

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Cassell's German Dictionary

German-English, English-German

By: H.C. Sasse,Harold T. Betteridge,Joseph Horne,Charlotte Dixon

The greatest name in foreign language dictionaries is Cassell, the preeminent publisher of dictionaries for over 120 years. For fast, easy reference and comprehensive listings, "Cassell's is unbeatable. It contains in concise form the words most frequently used in normal speech and contemporary literature plus common idiomatic expressions and new words that have become accepted usage. "Cassell's is easy to read and full of complete usage information that's simple to access. This invaluable volume, backed by the world's foremost language authority, is the most effective concise dictionary available to the German language.

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566

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Cassell's

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0025226509

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9780025226500

The Good Works of Ayela Linde: A Novel in Stories

By: Charlotte Forbes

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The Good Works of Ayela Linde: A Novel in Stories

By: Charlotte Forbes

From an O. Henry Prize-winner, this dazzling novel in stories marks the arrival of a powerfully original and beguiling new voice in American fiction. The linked stories that make up this spare and beautifully written novel follow the life of Ayela, the illegitimate daughter of a Mexican dressmaker, and create a portrait, composite yet intriguingly incomplete, that captures the complexity of who she was. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade, Yucca, and Good Books imprints, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in fiction—novels, novellas, political and medical thrillers, comedy, satire, historical fiction, romance, erotic and love stories, mystery, classic literature, folklore and mythology, literary classics including Shakespeare, Dumas, Wilde, Cather, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

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1628723351

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9781628723359

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Working the Past

Working the Past

Life Stories

Life Stories

Cassell's German Dictionary

Cassell's German Dictionary

The Good Works of Ayela Linde: A Novel in Stories

The Good Works of Ayela Linde: A Novel in Stories

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