Telling stories
Subtitle: the use of personal narratives in the social sciences and history
By: Mary Jo Maynes, Jennifer L. Pierce, and Barbara Laslett.
Contributors: Pierce, Jennifer L., 1958-; Laslett, Barbara.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 186
ISBN-13: 9780801446177; 9780801473920
Subjects: Social sciences -- Biographical methods; Oral history -- Methodology; Oral biography; Autobiography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Agency, subjectivity, and narratives of the self; title: Intersecting stories : personal narratives in historical context; title: The forms of telling and retelling lives; title: Personal narrative research as intersubjective encounter; title: Making arguments based on personal narrative sources.