Telling Stories : The Use of Personal Narratives in the Social Sciences and History /

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"In Telling Stories, Mary Jo Maynes, Jennifer L. Pierce, and Barbara Laslett argue that personal narratives-autobiographies, oral histories, life history interviews, and memoirs-are an important research tool for understanding the relationship between people and their societies. Gathering examp...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Maynes, Mary Jo
Other Authors: Laslett, Barbara, Pierce, Jennifer L., 1958-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2008.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Methodologie.
Biographisches Interview.
Mondelinge geschiedenis (wetenschap)
Social sciences > Biographical methods.
Oral history > Methodology.
Oral biography.
Autobiography.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Reference.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Essays.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Methodology.
autobiography (genre)
Autobiographie.
Biographies orales.
Histoire orale > Methodologie.
Sciences sociales > Histoires de vie.
Autobiographies as Topic
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Agency, subjectivity, and narratives of the self
  • Intersecting stories : personal narratives in historical context
  • The forms of telling and retelling lives
  • Personal narrative research as intersubjective encounter
  • Making arguments based on personal narrative sources.

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