Telling stories : the use of personal narratives in the social sciences and history /
By: Maynes, Mary Jo
Title By: Pierce, Jennifer L | Laslett, Barbara
Material type: BookPublisher: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2008.Description: ix, 186 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780801473920; 0801473926Subject(s): Social sciences -- Biographical methods | Oral history -- Methodology | Oral biography | Autobiography | Social sciencesDDC classification: 300.72 Online resources: Location Map
Summary:
Discusses the use of autobiographies, oral histories, life history interviews, and memoirs as research tools in the social sciences, examining how personal narratives get used as evidence, and describing their methods and the drawbacks of using them to gain a better understanding of the relationship between people and their society.
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300.72 JE DO Doing real research : | 300.72 KE FO Foundations of behavioral research / | 300.72 MA SO Social research and reflexivity : | 300.72 MA TE Telling stories : | 300.72 NA DO Doing survey research : | 300.72 NA RE Research methods in the social sciences / | 300.72 ON SE 7 steps to a comprehensive literature review : |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-180) and index.
Discusses the use of autobiographies, oral histories, life history interviews, and memoirs as research tools in the social sciences, examining how personal narratives get used as evidence, and describing their methods and the drawbacks of using them to gain a better understanding of the relationship between people and their society.
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