Storylines : : Craftartists' Narratives of Identity / / Elliot G. Mishler.
What do we mean when we refer to our "identity," and how do we represent it in the stories we tell about our lives? Is "identity" a sustained private core, or does it change as circumstances and relationships shift? In this thoughtful and learned book, a recognized master of rese...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Archive 1893-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009] ©2004 |
| Year of Publication: | 2009 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (208 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- Preface
- 1. Studying the Lives and Work of Craftartists: Identity and Narrative
- 2. Sources and Routes: Variable Pathways in Identity Formation
- 3. Contingencies and Turning Points: Discontinuities in the Life Course
- 4. Tensions and Contradictions: Revisiting Claims for Coherence in Life Stories
- 5. Identities in/as Relationships within the Family and at Work
- 6. Narrative Studies of Identity: A Forward Look
- Notes
- References