Talking Problems

Studies of Discursive Construction

Richard Buttny
eISBN-13: 9780791486054

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<p>Presents a theory of discursive co-construction of problems, or how characters are portrayed in the telling of events.</p><p>Using discursive constructionism and conversation analysis, Talking Problems examines how participants orient to, communicate about, and act toward events as problems. The book examines a series of problems, including teenage parenthood in high school, interpersonal and family relationships during therapy, and racism and interracial relations on a university campus. These problems are taken as joint constructions and the interest is in how participants' versions of events get heard, what unfolds as a consequence of this, how participants position themselves, and what social realities are thereby created.</p>

ISBNs 9780791486054, 0791486052, 9780791458952
Language English