Mark Freeman

Freeman, Mark 2013 Chapter 2. Axes of identity: Persona, perspective, and the meaning of (Keith Richards’s) Life Rethinking Narrative Identity: Persona and Perspective, Holler, Claudia and Martin Klepper (eds.), pp. 49–68 | Article

This chapter explores the notion of persona, focusing on two interrelated “axes” of identity, the first tied to time and the second to what might be termed “relatedness to the Other.” Drawing especially on William James’s seminal reflections on self and identity, it is suggested herein that an… read more

Freeman, Mark 2013 Why narrative is here to stay: A return to origins The Travelling Concepts of Narrative, Hatavara, Mari, Lars-Christer Hydén and Matti Hyvärinen (eds.), pp. 43–62 | Article

The main purpose of the present chapter is to return to some of the intellectual movements and motives that gave rise to the “narrative turn” and, in so doing, provide a substantive rationale for why narrative inquiry is nothing short of a necessity in exploring the human realm. Acknowledging that… read more

Freeman, Mark 2010 Afterword: ‘Even Amidst’: Rethinking Narrative Coherence Beyond Narrative Coherence, Hyvärinen, Matti, Lars-Christer Hydén, Marja Saarenheimo and Maria Tamboukou (eds.), pp. 167–186 | Article

Freeman, Mark 2007 Life “on holiday”? In defense of big stories Narrative – State of the Art, Bamberg, Michael (ed.), pp. 155–163 | Article

There has been an increasing emphasis in narrative inquiry on “small” stories (i.e., those derived from everyday social exchanges) rather than “big” stories (i.e., those derived from interviews, clinical encounters, autobiographical writing, and other such interrogative venues). The latter, it may… read more

Freeman, Mark 2006 Life “on holiday”? In defense of big stories Narrative – State of the Art, Bamberg, Michael (ed.), pp. 131–138 | Article

There has been an increasing emphasis in narrative inquiry on “small” stories (i.e., those derived from everyday social exchanges) rather than “big” stories (i.e., those derived from interviews, clinical encounters, autobiographical writing, and other such interrogative venues). The latter, it may… read more

Freeman, Mark 2004 Response: to commentaries on "Charting the narrative unconscious: Cultural memory and the challenge of autobiography" Considering Counter-Narratives: Narrating, resisting, making sense, Bamberg, Michael and Molly Andrews (eds.), pp. 341–349 | Article

Freeman, Mark 2004 Charting the narrative unconscious: Cultural memory and the challenge of autobiography Considering Counter-Narratives: Narrating, resisting, making sense, Bamberg, Michael and Molly Andrews (eds.), pp. 289–306 | Article

Freeman, Mark 2004 The matter of the text Narrative Inquiry 14:1, pp. 29–43 | Miscellaneous

Freeman, Mark 2003 Identity and difference in narrative inquiry: A commentary on the articles by Erica Burman, Michele Crossley, Ian Parker, and Shelley Sclater Narrative Inquiry 13:2, pp. 331–346 | Article

Freeman, Mark 2002 Charting the narrative unconscious: Cultural memory and the challenge of autobiography Narrative Inquiry 12:1, pp. 193–211 | Article

This essay explores the cultural dimension of autobiographical narrative, focusing especially on the way in which cultural texts and “textures” become woven into the fabric of memory. This process is one of which people are often unaware, resulting in regions of history that may be all but unknown.… read more

Freeman, Mark 2001 From substance to story: Narrative, identity, and the reconstruction of the self Narrative and Identity: Studies in Autobiography, Self and Culture, Brockmeier, Jens and Donal Carbaugh (eds.), pp. 283–298 | Chapter

Freeman, Mark and Jens Brockmeier 2001 Narrative integrity: Autobiographical identity and the meaning of the “good life” Narrative and Identity: Studies in Autobiography, Self and Culture, Brockmeier, Jens and Donal Carbaugh (eds.), pp. 75–99 | Chapter

Freeman, Mark 1998 Mythical Time, Historical Time, and The Narrative Fabric of the Self Narrative Inquiry 8:1, pp. 27–50 | Article

Despite the belief that narrative may serve as an important vehicle for exploring human experience and selfhood, there frequently exists the paradoxical supposition that narrative accounts cannot help but falsify life itself: Insofar as time is viewed in fundamentally linear terms and experience,… read more

Freeman, Mark 1998 Experience, Narrative, and the Relationship Between Them Narrative Inquiry 8:2, pp. 455–466 | Miscellaneous

Freeman, Mark 1997 Why Narrative? Hermeneutics, Historical Understanding, and the Significance of Stories Oral Versions of Personal Experience: Three decades of narrative analysis, pp. 169–176 | Article

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