Riessman C K
Smith College School for Social Work, Northampton, MA 01063.
Soc Sci Med. 1990;30(11):1195-200. doi: 10.1016/0277-9536(90)90259-u.
Using Goffman's theory and the methods of narrative analysis, the paper examines the divorce account of a white working-class man with advanced multiple sclerosis to show how he constructs a definition of his divorcing situation, and a positive masculine identity, despite massive disability. He accomplishes this positive self through narrative retelling of key events in his biography, healing discontinuities by the way he structures his account in interaction with the listener. The strategic choice of genre, or forms of narrative, guides the impression we form of him. From this case study, I show the usefulness of close textual analysis of biographical accounts of illness.
运用戈夫曼的理论和叙事分析方法，本文考察了一位患有晚期多发性硬化症的白人工人阶级男子的离婚叙述，以展示他如何构建自己离婚状况的定义以及积极的男性身份认同，尽管他身患严重残疾。他通过对自己人生传记中关键事件的叙事重述来实现这种积极的自我认知，通过与听众互动时构建叙述的方式来弥合不连续性。体裁或叙事形式的策略性选择引导着我们对他形成的印象。通过这个案例研究，我展示了对疾病传记叙述进行细致文本分析的有用性。
