Postmodern Elements in Hasan Ali Toptaş’s Narrative Named “Gölgesizler”

The People Named the Chippewa: Narrative Histories

Elements, Principles and the Narrative of Affinity

In the eighteenth century, the concept of ‘affinity’, ‘principle’ and ‘element’ dominated chemical discourse, both inside and outside of the laboratory. Although much work has been done on these terms and the methodological commitments which guided their usage, most studies over the past two centuries have concentrated on their application as relevant to Lavoisier’s oxygen theory and the new no...

Lone Motherhood in Historical Context: Changing Elements in Narrative Identity

This paper examines lone motherhood through the lens of narrative identity. The data consists of the written life stories of seventeen Finnish lone mothers. The focus is on how lone mothers from two different age cohorts construct their identity around motherhood and lone motherhood. Thus historical context becomes an important element in the analysis.

Postmodern(ized) Identities Postmodern(ized) Identities (manuskript)

Identity has become a much-used word. The term captures the dilemma of self, for it describes and seems to explain the contradictions of living in a society that appears to be in constant change. Similarly, 'postmodernism', 'postmodernity', and 'postmodern' have become widely-used terms in public life as well as in the social sciences. In this context, indentity-construction and maintenance in ...

Post - Mao or Postmodern ? Exploring the narrative identity resources of Shanghai ’ s Post - 80 s generation

It is 30 years after Post-Mao reforms, 20 years after Tiananmen Square demonstrations, and the next generation of “comrades” are emerging in China. They are called the Balinghou or “Post80s” generation, referring to the cohort born between 1980 and 1989. This study addresses an empirical gap by exploring the narrative resources Shanghai’s Post-80s young adults call on to construct their identit...