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- Title
The narrative formation of identity revisited: Narrative construction, agency and the unconscious.
- Authors
Redman, Peter
- Abstract
This article revisits one of the more contentious debates in current studies of narrative: the claim that identities are, in some sense, fabricated by and in narratives, and the counter-claim that individuals have inherent capacities, such as a dynamic unconscious, that precede or are in excess of any identity-building work that narrative might do. The article approaches this debate via competing theories drawn from sociology and cultural studies, contrasting post-structuralist and Foucauldian theories with a Kleinian cultural analysis of narrative. The theoretical discussion is illustrated via a story told by a young man who apparently had strong investments in heterosexual romance.
- Subjects
NARRATION; IDENTITY (Philosophical concept); SOCIOLOGY; CULTURAL studies; MAN-woman relationships
- Publication
Narrative Inquiry, 2005, Vol 15, Issue 1, p25
- ISSN
1387-6740
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1075/ni.15.1.02red