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CROSSING BORDERS: TIME, SPACE, AND DISORIENTATION IN NARRATIVE.

In this article I examine the construction of time and space as orientation elements in narratives that recount disorienting experiences. I focus on how narrators articulate orientation and on how listeners engage in interactional work to make sense of narrated events. I argue that orientation manag...

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Published in:Narrative Inquiry Vol. 13; no. 2; pp. 367 - 392
Main Author: De Fina, Anna
Format: Article
Published: John Benjamins Publishing Co. 2003
Subjects:
Oral history
Storytelling
Spacetime
Mental orientation
Immigrants
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