New Narrative for Chapter 4

Taking the Narrative Turn
“We are the storytellers, and we are the stories we tell.”
(McAdams, D., Josselson, R., & Lieblich, A., 2006, p. 3)
After the last bite of salad, Dana suggested we take a walk to help digest our huge reunion dinner (it had been a year since we had last met; I was living in [...]

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First Half of Project Completed!

YATTA! Hurray! Sugoi! Today I turned in the first half of my dissertation – 120 pages, 5 chapters:

Preface explaining role of story in the project and significance of the title
Chapter 1:  Introduction of research questions
Chapter 2:  Language and identity; The social significance of English in the lives of Japanese
Chapter 3:  Sexuality and identity
Chapter 4:  Story [...]

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