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Narrative practices and the social construction of self in childhood
Author(s) -
MILLER PEGGY J.,
POTTS RANDOLPH,
FUNG HEIDI,
HOOGSTRA LISA,
MINTZ JUDY
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
american ethnologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.875
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1548-1425
pISSN - 0094-0496
DOI - 10.1525/ae.1990.17.2.02a00060
Subject(s) - narrative , storytelling , socialization , narrative inquiry , face (sociological concept) , narrative criticism , sociology , variety (cybernetics) , narrative history , narrative network , psychology , aesthetics , social psychology , social science , literature , art , artificial intelligence , computer science
Narrative, self, and face‐to‐face interaction all intersect in everyday storytelling practices in which children and caregivers make claims to personal experiences. This article examines such practices as a site for the social construction of self in early childhood. Drawing upon excerpts of narrative talk from a variety of cultural traditions in the United States, we describe the self‐relevant meanings and processes entailed in three particular narrative practices. [narrative, self, childhood socialization, language socialization, ethnopsychology]