After pomp and circumstance : high school reunion as an autobiographical occasion
High school reunions force participants to account for themselves, not only to their own satisfaction, but also to the satisfaction of others. This text explores the ongoing construction of identity in American society, and the narratives we tell ourselves about who we are.
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Acknowledgments Introduction 1: The Research Site and the Attendees 2: Community, Continuity, and the One-Night Stand 3: Reunions as Social Control 4: Autobiography as a Social Endeavor 5: A Memory of a Collective 6: Encountering a Personal Past 7: Managing Discontinuity 8: Between Situated Identity and Personal Identity Conclusion: Reunions and Beyond Appendix Notes References Index