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Negotiating cultures and identities : life history issues, methods, and readings /
"Negotiating Cultures and Identities examines issues, methods, and models for doing life history research with individual Americans based on interviews and participant observation. John L. Caughey helps students and other researchers explore the ways in which contemporary Americans are influenc...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lincoln :
University of Nebraska Press,
©2006.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Exercises; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I: Issues and Methods in Life History; Introduction: salmaâ#x80;#x99;s stories; 1. Individuals and Their Cultures; 2. Methods in Life History Research; 3. Individual Identities, Multiple Cultures; 4. Negotiating Conflicting Cultures and Competing Values; 5. Writing Multiple Cultures in Life History; Part 2: Readings in Life History; Introduction; 1. Being Indian in America: My Ethnic Roots and Me; 2. Conversations with Paolo; 3. Needle and Thread: The Life and Death of a Tailor.
- 4. Lessons on the Road: The Life of a Hobo5. â#x80;#x9C;That Really Happenedâ#x80;#x9D;: Ethnography and the Hobby of Twentieth-Century War Reenacting; 6. A Chameleon-Like Approach: Successful Negotiations of MultipleCultural Traditions; 7. The Sound of It Stayed in My Ears: Life History with AfricanAmerican Domestics; 8. My Mexican Friend Marta Who Lives Across the Border from Me in Detroit; 9. Routes to Identity: Life History Dialogues on Race and Adoption; Notes; Suggestions for Further Reading; Contributors; Index.