The life history in anthropological science
By: [by] L.L. Langness.
Series: Studies in anthropological method
Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Published: 1965
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 82
Subjects: Anthropology -- Methodology; Biography as a literary form
Notes: "References cited": p. 54-58.
Bibliography: p. 59-82.
Table of contents: title: The uses of the life history to the present. To 1925 -- 1925 to 1944 -- 1944 to the present -- Summary -- Potential uses of the life history. Culture and idiosyncrasy -- Deviance -- Cultural structure -- Culture change -- Personality -- Role analyses -- Factors of chance and accident -- Values -- Socialization studies -- Current trends in anthropology -- Collection of field data. Rapport -- Language -- Interviewing -- Reliability and sampling -- Supplemental data -- Note taking and recording -- Concluding remarks. Additional factors of collection and interpretation -- Personality of the investigator -- Editing -- Anonymity -- Conclusions.