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Biography and Turning Points in Europe and America
Karla B Hackstaff
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Description for Biography and Turning Points in Europe and America
Hardcover. This sociological collection advances the argument that the concept of a "turning point" expands our understanding of life experiences from a descriptive to a deeper and more abstract level of analysis. Editor(s): Hackstaff, Karla B.; Kupferberg, Feiwel; Negroni, Catherine. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 528.
This sociological collection advances the argument that the concept of a "turning point" expands our understanding of life experiences from a descriptive to a deeper and more abstract level of analysis. It addresses the conceptual issue of what distinguishes turning points from life transitions in general and raises crucial questions about the application of turning points as a biographical research method. Biography and turning points in Europe and America is all the more distinctive and significant due to its broad empirical database. The anthology includes authors from ten different countries, providing a number of contexts for thinking about how turning ... Read more
This sociological collection advances the argument that the concept of a "turning point" expands our understanding of life experiences from a descriptive to a deeper and more abstract level of analysis. It addresses the conceptual issue of what distinguishes turning points from life transitions in general and raises crucial questions about the application of turning points as a biographical research method. Biography and turning points in Europe and America is all the more distinctive and significant due to its broad empirical database. The anthology includes authors from ten different countries, providing a number of contexts for thinking about how turning ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Bristol, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847428608
SKU
V9781847428608
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99-50
About Karla B Hackstaff
Karla B. Hackstaff (Ph.D.) is a Professor of Sociology and Director of Women's and Gender Studies at Northern Arizona University, USA. Feiwel Kupferberg (Ph.D.) is Professor of Education at Malmo University, Sweden. Catherine Négroni (Ph.D) is Associate Professor in Sociology at Charles de Gaulle University-Lille (CLERSE; Centre Lillois d'Études et de Recherches Sociologiques et Économiques), France
Reviews for Biography and Turning Points in Europe and America
"This is a timely and highly original collection of work which pushes boundaries methodologically and theoretically engaging directly with debates amongst practitioners and policy makers." Joanna Bornat, Emeritus Professor, The Open University 'This captivating sociological collection describes the broad experiential research by scholars from ten different countries...focusing on the various contexts for thinking about turning points under both international and ... Read more