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Coming to narrative : a personal history of paradigm change in the human sciences /
"Reflecting on a 50 year university career, Distinguished Professor Arthur Bochner, former President of the National Communication Association, discloses a lived history, both academic and personal, that has paralleled many of the paradigm shifts in the human sciences inspired by the turn towar...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Walnut Creek, California :
Left Coast Press, Inc.,
[2014]
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| Colección: | Writing lives--ethnographic narratives.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Reflecting on a 50 year university career, Distinguished Professor Arthur Bochner, former President of the National Communication Association, discloses a lived history, both academic and personal, that has paralleled many of the paradigm shifts in the human sciences inspired by the turn toward narrative. He shows how the human sciences--especially in his own areas of interpersonal, family, and communication theory--have evolved from sciences directed toward prediction and control to interpretive ones focused on the search for meaning through qualitative, narrative, and ethnographic modes of inquiry. He outlines the theoretical contributions of such luminaries as Bateson, Laing, Goffman, Henry, Gergen, and Richardson in this transformation. Using diverse forms of narration, Bochner seamlessly layers theory and story, interweaving his professional and personal life with the social and historical contexts in which they developed"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (350 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 318-332) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781611327755 161132775X 9781611327670 1611327679 1315432080 9781315432083 1315432099 9781315432090 |