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Revised and Expanded edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 371 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 332-354) and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue how to be good in America -- Redemption and the American soul -- The generative adult -- Life stories -- How the story begins : the chosen people -- My good inner self : from Emerson to Oprah -- God bless America -- Black (and white) -- Contaminated plots, vicious circles -- When redemption fails -- Obama versus Bush : competing stories of redemption -- Culture, narrative, and the self -- Epilogue final thoughts and confessions -- Notes -- References -- Index. |
| Summary |
How do we as Americans define our identities? How do our stories represent who we are-our successes, our failures, our past, our future? Stories of redemption are some of the most powerful ways to express American identity and all that it can entail, from pain and anguish to joy and fulfillment. Psychologist Dan P. McAdams examines how these narratives, in which the hero is delivered from suffering to an enhanced status or state, represent a new psychology of American identity, and in turn, how they translate to understanding our own lives. In this revised and expanded edition of The Redemptiv. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Self-perception -- United States.
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Self-perception. |
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United States. |
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Redemption -- Psychology -- Miscellanea.
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Redemption. |
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Psychology. |
| Genre/Form |
Trivia and miscellanea.
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| Subject |
Success -- United States -- Psychological aspects.
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Success. |
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Psychological aspects. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Trivia and miscellanea.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: McAdams, Dan P. Redemptive self. Revised and Expanded Edition 9780199969753 (DLC) 2012041764 (OCoLC)818658883 |
| ISBN |
9780199969760 (electronic book) |
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0199969760 (electronic book) |
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1299940544 (e-book) |
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9781299940543 (e-book) |
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9780199969753 |
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0199969752 |
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