Publications

Publication details [#35095]

Polanyi, Livia. 1989. Telling the American story: A structural and cultural analysis of conversational storytelling. MIT Press. x + 215 pp.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

conversational analysis | language and culture | storytelling

Language as a subject

English, American

Annotation

This book focuses on the relationship between (the structure of) American storytelling and its cultural meanings.

Reviewed by

Carbaugh, Donal. 1990. Review of $Telling the American story: A structural and cultural analysis of conversational storytelling.