Review of Storytelling in Daily Life: Performing Narrative by Langellier and Peterson

Abstract

Purpose

This review seeks to evaluate the book Storytelling in Daily Life by Langellier and Peterson.

Design/methodology/approach

This book presents an analysis of storytelling as a communication practice. The authors analyze stories collected from the field to show how they conform to and resist common understandings of what storytelling is, does, and means.

Findings

This review finds that the book will be engaging for communications scholars and others interested in critical theoretical approaches to storytelling.

Originality/value

Provides a synopsis of the theoretical approach, topics, and audience for this book, pointing out its value for those interested in academic approaches to storytelling.

Citation

McDowell, K. (2006), "Review of Storytelling in Daily Life: Performing Narrative by Langellier and Peterson", On the Horizon, Vol. 14 No. 4, pp. 173-174. https://doi.org/10.1108/10748120610708096