Using biographical methods in social research / Barbara Merrill and Linden West.
Publisher: Los Angeles ; SAGE, 2009Description: xi, 211 pages ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781412929592
- 9781412929585
- 22 300.722 M 571
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-206) and index.
Introduction: Setting the Scene -- Biographical Methods: an Introductory History -- Mapping the Contemporary Uses of Biographical Research -- Identifying Some Theoretical Issues -- Illustrating Good Practice: Case Studies -- Getting Started in Research -- Interviewing and Recording Experience -- Making Sense of Biography: Analysis -- Representing the Stories: Writing Up -- Is Biographical Research Valid and Ethical? -- On Being a Biographical Researcher.
Drawing on their sociological and psychological orientations, the authors provide an interdisciplinary approach to biographical research and offer numerous examples of it across the social sciences.