Frontmatter -- Contents -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Part One. In the web of the wor(l)d: The narrative structuring of experience -- Chapter 2. Creating webs of significace: The role of narrative in socio-cultural construction of reality -- Chapter 3. The narrative sharing of words: Storytelling as communicative interaction -- Chapter 4. Exploring the structure of narrated worlds: The search for study schemata -- Part Two. Storytelling as social practice: A cross-cultural perspective -- Chapter 5. The Beautiful and the Beasty: Cultural specifics of Anglo-Western narrative aesthetics -- Chapter 6. Always keeping track: Text building strategies in Pitjantjatjara and Yankunyjatjara storytelling -- Chapter 7. Holding the world in place: The interrelatedness of story, practice, and culture -- Chapter 8. Conclusions and implications -- Backmatter