Puroila2013
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BibType | ARTICLE |
Key | Puroila2013 |
Author(s) | Anna-Maija Puroila |
Title | Young children on the stages: Small stories performed in day care centers |
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Tag(s) | EMCA, Children |
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Year | 2013 |
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Journal | Narrative Inquiry |
Volume | 23 |
Number | 2 |
Pages | 323–343 |
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DOI | 10.1075/ni.23.2.06pur |
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Abstract
In this article, I approach day care centers as stages upon which various small stories are constructed and performed by young children and other interlocutors. The aim of the article is two-fold. Methodologically, the paper is a tentative application of Erving Goffman’s dramaturgical perspective onto narrative research with children. Empirically, the aim is to explore day care centers as narrative environments that constitute children’s lives and identities. I anchor my analysis and interpretation of research material, collected in two groups of children, in three perspectives. Firstly, I focus on the spatial practices of the day care centers, framing the construction of small stories. Secondly, I deal with the production of small stories between cultural routines and active reconstruction. Finally, I draw attention to children’s identity construction as a continuous process influenced by a variety of individual, material, contextual, cultural, and interactional factors.
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