Mary M. Gergen | John Benjamins

Gergen, Kenneth J. and Mary M. Gergen 2011 Narrative tensions: Perilous and productive Narrative Inquiry 21:2, pp. 374–381 | Article

We focus on four major tensions pervading much narrative inquiry to date, tensions that threaten to divide the field into alienated enclaves. Of specific concern are psychological vs. social explanations of narrative, structural vs. process orientations to research, approaches that celebrate… read more

Gergen, Mary M. and Kenneth J. Gergen 2007 Narratives in action Narrative – State of the Art, Bamberg, Michael (ed.), pp. 133–143 | Article

In various professional fields today, a profusion of practices are inspired by or draw sustenance from narrative inquiry; similarly, narrative inquiry must attend to these practices as they are vital to its future. Ultimately a full fledged dialogue between scholars and practitioners is to be… read more

Gergen, Mary M. and Kenneth J. Gergen 2006 Narratives in action Narrative – State of the Art, Bamberg, Michael (ed.), pp. 112–121 | Article

In various professional fields today, a profusion of practices are inspired by or draw sustenance from narrative inquiry; similarly, narrative inquiry must attend to these practices as they are vital to its future. Ultimately a full fledged dialogue between scholars and practitioners is to be… read more

Gergen, Mary M. and Kenneth J. Gergen 1995 What Is This Thing Called Love? Emotional Scenarios in Historical Perspective Narrative Construction of Emotional Life, pp. 221–237 | Article

Abstract From a social-constructionist standpoint, emotional expressions are constitu-ents of lived narratives, and gain their meaning from their position within these narratives. These special forms of narrative, termed emotional scenarios, are themselves lodged within a broader cultural and… read more