A Blumerian Approach to Storytelling

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ID2049641
AuthorsMatthew J Cousineau (0000-0002-3610-5803, Auburn University Auburn AL USA, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume43
Issue4
Pages721-738
Publication date2020-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSymbolic Interaction (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0195-6086 • E-ISSN: 1533-8665
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/symb.518
OpenAlexW3089536240
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited15

Blumer's work on life histories and symbolic interactionism represents an important contribution in the twenty-first century. I join his work with research on storytelling to build a Blumerian approach to storytelling. This approach holds that social actors use stories to construct subjective meanings, stories exist in some social context, stories are told or written for some audience, a wide range of social processes produce stories, the temporal sequence of storytelling audiences is important, social actors use interactional techniques of showing story preferences, and symbolic structures and narrative linkages are the resources social actors use to compose stories. Future research can continue to develop this approach

Epistemology · Linguistics · Narrative · Social science · Sociology · Storytelling · Symbolic interactionism · Computer Science · History · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Narrative Theory and Analysis · Psychology · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Social Psychology

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