The dark side of tellability

Narrative Inquiry

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 323-343

  Norrick, Neal R ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conversational storytelling; Identity construction; Tellability; Transgressive narratives

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646743337     PISSN: 13876740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/ni.15.2.07nor     Document Type: Article

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