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

Telling Stories : : The Use of Personal Narratives in the Social Sciences and History / / Barbara Laslett, Mary Jo Maynes, Jennifer L. Pierce.

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 examples fr...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
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Maynes, Mary Jo,
Laslett, Barbara,
Pierce, Jennifer L.,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2011]
©2012
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (200 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction: The Use of Personal Narratives in the Social Sciences and History
  • 1. Agency, Subjectivity, and Narratives of the Self
  • 2. Intersecting Stories: Personal Narratives in Historical Context
  • 3. The Forms of Telling and Retelling Lives
  • 4. Personal Narrative Research as Intersubjective Encounter
  • 5. Making Arguments Based on Personal Narrative Sources
  • Notes
  • Index

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