Janet Spreckels
List of John Benjamins publications for which Janet Spreckels plays a role.
Articles
‘I wanna become a real rock star’: Para-social interactions of German adolescent girls with television talent shows The Appropriation of Media in Everyday Life, Ayaß, Ruth and Cornelia Gerhardt (eds.), pp. 161–194 | Article
2012 This ethnographic and conversation analytical study is based on authentic informal conversations of a group of German adolescent girls. The speakers regularly appropriate bits and pieces of media discourse and embed them in their daily communication. One prominent activity in the group’s… read more
Now he thinks he's listening to rock music: Identity construction among German teenage girls Youngspeak in a Multilingual Perspective, Stenström, Anna-Brita and Annette Myre Jørgensen (eds.), pp. 31–53 | Article
2009 This paper deals with disaffiliation and membership categorization processes among German adolescent girls. Drawing on a peer-group which I conceptualize as a ‘community of practice’ (Eckert & McConnell-Ginet 1992), this case study aims to show how the girls’ disaffiliation and categorization of… read more
Identity negotiation in small stories among German adolescent girls Narrative Inquiry 18:2, pp. 393–413 | Article
2008 In recent years, a change in narrative and identity analysis, which Georgakopoulou has called “a ‘new’ narrative turn” (2006, p. 129), has been observed. This term refers to a shift of focus from the traditional “big stories”, i.e., narratives as a well-defined and delineated genre with an… read more
What discourse analysis reveals about elderly women, sex and the struggle with societal norms Considering Counter-Narratives: Narrating, resisting, making sense, Bamberg, Michael and Molly Andrews (eds.), pp. 205–212 | Article
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