Telling Stories by Mary Jo Maynes
Explores why and how personal narratives should be used as evidence, and the methods and pitfalls of their use.This decade has witnessed the publication of several anthologies that focus on how to design and conduct oral history projects; introduce and illustrate new applications of oral history to geographical, historical, and social research; and discuss the application of new technologies to oral history methodology... In this new, important corollary to these works, the authors emphasize the research opportunities available through analysis of personal narratives: 'Read carefully, these sources provide unique insights into the connections between individual life trajectories and collective forces and institutions beyond the individual.' Telling Stories belongs in every oral history collection. Summing Up: Essential.
* Choice *Mary Jo Maynes is Professor of History at the University of Minnesota. She is the author of Taking the Hard Road: Life Course and Class Identity in French and German Workers' Autobiographies of the Industrial Era and author or coeditor of several other books. Jennifer L. Pierce is Associate Professor of American Studies at the University of Minnesota. She is the author of Gender Trials: Emotional Lives in Contemporary Law Firms and coeditor of two books. Barbara Laslett is Professor of Sociology Emerita at the University of Minnesota. She is the coeditor of several books, including Feminist Sociology: Life Histories of a Movement.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780801473920 |
| ISBN 10 | 0801473926 |
| Title | Telling Stories |
| Author | Mary Jo Maynes |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cornell University Press |
| Year published | 2008-07-17 |
| Number of pages | 200 |
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