Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm
A Sociological Approach
Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm
Reihe: Advances in Biographical Research
ISBN: 978-1-4473-8008-5
Verlag: Bristol University Press
Drawing on decades of pioneering research – including his celebrated study of Parisian family-run bakeries – Daniel Bertaux demonstrates how asking participants to narrate the concrete details of their daily work reveals the tacit knowledge, relationships and processes that sustain entire ways of life.
Clear, rigorous and richly illustrated, Life Stories equips readers with the theoretical grounding and practical tools to integrate this method into their own research. It shows how to collect, analyse and present life stories, from single-case investigations to comparative studies, demonstrating their power to illuminate broader social realities.
First published in French in 1998, Bertaux’s classic text has been translated into several languages but has never been made available to English-speaking audiences. This new and updated English edition will help sociologists in the English-speaking world gain deeper insight into the lived experiences that shape our societies.
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Fachgebiete
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Gruppen & Klassen
- Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Forschung und Information Forschungsmethodik, Wissenschaftliche Ausstattung
Weitere Infos & Material
Foreword – Paul Thompson
Chapter One – The ethnographic-sociological perspective
Chapter Two – About Life Stories
Chapter Three – Three functions of life stories
Chapter Four – Collecting life stories
Chapter Five – Case by case analysis
Chapter Six – Comparative analysis
Chapter Seven – Formatting and writing
Chapter Eight - Conclusion
