UID:
almafu_9960772984302883
Format:
1 online resource (307 p.)
ISBN:
9781685854157
Content:
A compelling exposition of the narrative turn in sociology—an approach that views lived experience as constructed, at least in part, by the stories that people tell about it.
Note:
Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Preface --
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1. The Narrative Turn in Social Inquiry --
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Part 1. Family and Place --
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Introduction --
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2. Searching for Yellowstone --
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3. Twin Towers --
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4. Remembering George Washington on the Rio Grande --
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5. My Ain Folk: Scottish Oral History and the Sociological Imagination --
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6. Everyone Else: Becoming Jewish --
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7. Walking with Lao Tzu at Auschwitz --
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Part 2. The Body --
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Introduction --
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8. Becoming Quasimodo: The Shaping of a Life --
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9. No Body Is Exempt: Beauty Compulsion and Resistance in Japan --
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10. Mama’s Always on Stage: The Absurdity of the Pregnant Academic --
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11. Sexual Boundaries: Trespasses into Chaos --
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12. The Razor’s Edge: Narcotics and the Embodiment of Trauma --
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13. Hoop Dreams on Wheels --
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Part 3. Education and Work --
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Introduction --
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14. How I Started My Life in Crime --
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15. Born Illegal --
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16. Telling Tales: Journey of an Itinerant Storyteller --
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17. Silence of the Lambs: The Architecture of the Abattoir --
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18. Working-Class Heroes: Rinaldo Cappellini and the Anthracite Mineworkers --
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19. A Road Less Traveled --
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20. It Means Something: The Ghosts of War --
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Part 4. The Passing of Time --
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Introduction --
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21. The Glowing of Such Fire --
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References --
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The Contributors --
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Index --
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About the Book
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In English.
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9781685854157
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781685854157
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781685854157
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781685854157
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781685854157
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