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Differentiation: a journey to a repertoire of selves

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dc.contributor.advisor Snyders, Frederik Jacobus Albertus, 1946- en
dc.contributor.author Nel, An-Mareé en
dc.date.accessioned 2009-08-25T10:53:52Z
dc.date.available 2009-08-25T10:53:52Z
dc.date.issued 2009-08-25T10:53:52Z
dc.date.submitted 2006-09 en
dc.identifier.citation Nel, An-Mareé (2009) Differentiation: a journey to a repertoire of selves, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1513> en
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1513
dc.description.abstract In this dissertation the author embarks on a journey of storying and re-storying her life. Autoethnographic evocative personal narratives are used as the method of presentation. Congruent with a postmodern stance, the text repositions the reader as a co-participant in dialogue. In this journey there is a move from a reductionistic understanding of "self" to an understanding of "self" as socially constructed, multiple and changing processes. The author's process of differentiation is embodied and informed by this changing view of "self" as part of, being informed by, shaping and being shaped by the conversations she co-creates in dialogical contexts. This means taking a double-sided, reflexive view of relationships and systems, opens a space for a flexible way of being and imparts sensitivity to the discourses she co-creates. This journey entails taking action that keeps a self-reflexive dialogue going, allowing for different voices to emerge and various encounters to become possible. en
dc.format.extent 1 online resource (viii, 236 leaves)
dc.language.iso en en
dc.subject Autoethnography en
dc.subject Evocative personal narratives en
dc.subject Differentiation en
dc.subject Multiple selves en
dc.subject Self as process en
dc.subject Reader as author en
dc.subject Reflexivity en
dc.subject Postmodernism en
dc.subject Multiple selves
dc.subject.ddc 155.25
dc.subject.lcsh Self-disclosure
dc.subject.lcsh Personal narratives
dc.subject.lcsh Postmodernism
dc.subject.lcsh Self
dc.subject.lcsh Self-perception
dc.title Differentiation: a journey to a repertoire of selves en
dc.type Dissertation en
dc.description.department Psychology en
dc.description.degree M.A. (Clinical Psychology) en


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