Living Narrative

This pathbreaking book looks at everyday storytelling as a twofold phenomenon. Letting us listen in on dinner-table conversation, prayer, and gossip, Ochs and C... » 

This pathbreaking book looks at everyday storytelling as a twofold phenomenon. Letting us listen in on dinner-table conversation, prayer, and gossip, Ochs and Capps develop a way of understanding the seemingly contradictory nature of everyday narrative. «