The redemptive self : stories Americans live by
This book identifies and explores a particular story about life - a narrative identity. At the centre of this life story is the concept of redemption as the deliverance from suffering to a better world. Adults with high psychological measures showing a caring and productive approach to life think of their lives as as narratives of redemption
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1 online resource (viii, 390 pages) : illustrations
9780198039303, 9781423734857, 9780195176933, 9780199786787, 0198039301, 1423734858, 0195176936, 019978678X
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Prologue: A Life Story Made in America; Chapter 1 Redemption and the American Soul; Chapter 2 The Generative Adult; Chapter 3 Life Stories; Chapter 4 The Chosen People; Chapter 5 My Good Inner Self: From Emerson to Oprah; Chapter 6 God Bless America; Chapter 7 Black (and White); Chapter 8 Contaminated Plots, Vicious Circles; Chapter 9 When Redemption Fails; Chapter 10 Culture, Narrative, and the Self; Epilogue: An American's Confessions and Final Thoughts; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010
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