The Narrative Subject : Storytelling in the Age of the Internet.
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing AG,
2020.
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Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- The Narrative Subject
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- List of Figures
- About the Author
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- 1.1 The Sociocultural Significance of Narrating
- 1.2 The Subject-Theoretical Approach
- 1.3 Empirical Analysis
- 1.3.1 Methodology
- 1.3.2 Sample
- 1.3.3 Research Methods
- 1.4 Structure of the Book
- 1.5 Innovative Aspects
- 1.6 Major Themes
- References
- Chapter 2: Storytelling as a Cultural Practice and Life Form
- 2.1 Contexts of Storytelling
- 2.1.1 Time
- 2.1.1.1 Time as a Point of Reference for Storytelling
- 2.1.1.2 Time and Narrative
- 2.1.1.3 Time as a Product of Storytelling
- 2.1.2 Space
- 2.1.2.1 Spaces as Products of Narrating
- 2.1.2.2 Spaces as a Housing for Narrating
- 2.1.2.3 Spatial Connections
- 2.2 The Functions of Narrating
- 2.2.1 Narrating as a Technology of Self-construction
- 2.2.1.1 Orientation and Agency
- 2.2.1.2 Self-knowledge and Self-understanding
- 2.2.1.3 Coherence and Change
- 2.2.2 Narrating Opening Up to the You
- 2.2.2.1 The Other as a Reference Point for Narrating
- 2.2.2.2 The Other as a Topic and Co-narrator
- 2.2.2.3 The Other as Part of the Narrative Self
- 2.3 Narrating as a Technology of Subjection and Enablement
- References
- Chapter 3: The Narrative Space of the Internet
- 3.1 The Sociocultural Charge of Media
- 3.2 The Structural Characteristics of Digital Media
- 3.2.1 Interconnectedness
- 3.2.1.1 Reciprocity
- 3.2.1.2 Heterogeneity and multiplicity
- 3.2.1.3 Openness
- 3.2.1.4 Dynamics
- 3.2.2 Interactivity
- 3.2.3 Globality
- 3.2.4 Multimediality
- 3.2.4.1 Language, Writing, and Text
- 3.2.4.2 Images
- 3.2.4.3 The Relationship Between Language and the Image
- 3.2.4.4 Media Carriers of Meaning and Their Addressees
- 3.2.5 Virtuality
- 3.2.5.1 The Relationship Between Virtuality and Reality.
- 3.2.5.2 Virtual Spaces as Heterotopias
- 3.2.5.3 The Narrative Potential of Digital Heterotopias
- References
- Chapter 4: The Net Generation's Stories: A Typology
- 4.1 Narrations About Interconnectedness
- 4.1.1 Showing and Exchanging
- 4.1.2 Seeing and Being Seen
- 4.1.3 Sharing
- 4.2 Self-Staging Narrations
- 4.2.1 The Adored Star
- 4.2.2 Role Model and Seeker in One
- 4.2.3 The Counter-Model
- 4.3 Stories About Supplying and Selling
- 4.3.1 Objects and Designer Products on Offer
- 4.3.2 Participatory Projects on Offer
- 4.4 Narrations About Managing Boundaries
- 4.4.1 Managing Boundaries as an Answer to Sociocultural Borders
- 4.4.2 Managing Boundaries as an Individual Need
- 4.5 Transformation Narrations
- 4.5.1 The Goal-Oriented Actors
- 4.5.2 The Role Player
- 4.6 Stories About Setting Out and Breaking Away
- 4.6.1 Setting Out and Breaking Away as a Biographical Project
- 4.6.2 Setting Out and Breaking Away as a Political Project
- References
- Chapter 5: A Theoretical Postscript: Time, Space, the Self and the You, and Digital Media as Narrative Constructions
- 5.1 Time Stamps
- 5.1.1 "I wanted to play football with the boys but …": Biographical Time
- 5.1.1.1 The Present as a Consequence of the Autobiographical Past
- 5.1.1.2 Current Life Circumstances as Justifying or Supporting Factors
- 5.1.2 "It's like a political awakening …": Sociocultural Time
- 5.2 Spatial Relationships
- 5.2.1 Experiencing and Managing Boundaries
- 5.2.2 Spatial Crossings
- 5.2.3 Creating and Configuring Spaces
- 5.3 Representations of the Self
- 5.3.1 Standardization and Experimentation
- 5.3.2 Orientation
- 5.3.3 Division Versus Continuity
- 5.4 Connections with the You
- 5.4.1 Wrestling for the Other's Attention
- 5.4.2 World Communication
- 5.5 Narrators, Narratives, Media: Cornerstones of Interplay.
- 5.5.1 No End in Sight
- 5.5.2 The Upswing of the Image
- 5.5.3 Transmedia
- References
- Chapter 6: Narrating as an Answer to Sociocultural Challenges
- 6.1 Detraditionalization
- 6.2 Pluralization
- 6.3 The Blurring of Borders
- 6.4 Individualization
- 6.5 Global Flows, Crossovers, and Hybridity
- 6.6 Round-up
- References
- Chapter 7: Narrative Production of Culture
- 7.1 Culture and Its Designers
- 7.2 The Future of Narrating in Translation
- 7.2.1 Narrating and Translating
- 7.2.2 The Translational Turn
- 7.3 Media, Culture, and Narrative Translationality
- References
- Index.