Storytelling in Alcoholics Anonymous: A Rhetorical Analysis

by George H. Jensen

Based on an ethnographic study spanning four years, George H. Jensen's Storytelling in Alcoholics Anonymous: A Rhetorical Analysis calls upon Bakhtinian theory to analyze storytelling in AA.

Jensen introduces his study with an analysis of "Bill W.'s Story" as it appears in the first chapter of AA's central text, Alcoholics Anonymous. Drawing on Walter Ong's work on orality and literacy, he argues that "Bill W.'s Story"...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809323303
• ISBN13: 9780809323302
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"