The (In)Definition of Reality: Reframing and Contested Topsight

I shall put forward here a definition of reality, or perhaps a particular take or perspective on reality. Reality is what happens between the lines. Or again, reality is constituted by the interactional play between shared frames of action (those "lines" which are unproblematically on the page) and other frames which, though they may be active for some of the participants, are not generally shared. Reality is a play of realities — the explicit one, and other secret, discreet or alternative realities which coexist in any given situation. This perspective is basically a rereading of interactionalist (or Goffmanian) frame theory, empowered with insights from poststructuralism and narratology.