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Publication details [#54484]

Westlund, Andrea C. 2011. Narrative necessity and the fixity of meaning in a life. Narrative Inquiry 21 (2) : 391–398.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

agency | experience | meaning | narrative | self-representation

Place, Publisher

John Benjamins

Journal DOI

10.1075/ni

Annotation

This paper raises doubts about the necessity of narrative to selfhood or unified agency, but suggests that there may nonetheless be an important role for autobiographical narrative in (provisionally) fixing the meaning of events, actions, and experiences within a life.