Storytelling in Daily Life : Performing Narrative

Acknowledgments vii Part I A COMMUNICATION APPROACH TO STORYTELLING 1(32) 1 Performing Narrative in Daily Life 7(26) Part II FAMILY STORYTELLING: A STRATEGY OF SMALL GROUP CULTURE 33(124) 2 Ordering Content and Making Family Stories 39(32) 3 Family Storytelling: Ordering Tasks in Small Group Cultures 71(41) 4 Performing Families: Ordering Group and Personal Identities 112(45) Part III STORYTELLING PRACTICES: THREE CASE STUDIES 157(86) 5 Storytelling in a Weblog: Performing Narrative in a Digital Age 159(30) 6 Breast Cancer Storytelling: The Limits of Narrative Closure in Survivor Discourse 189(30) 7 Performing Narrative on Stage: Identity and Agency in an Autobiographical Performance 219(24) Coda 243(2) Notes 245(10) References 255(14) Index 269