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 |
| URL | Link |
| 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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