Storylines: Craftartists’ Narratives of IdentityWhat do we mean when we refer to our “identity,” and how do we represent it in the stories we tell about our lives? Is “identity” a sustained private core, or does it change as circumstances and relationships shift? In this thoughtful and learned book, a recognized master of research interviewing explores these questions through analyses of in-depth interviews with five craftartists, who reflect on their lives and their efforts to sustain their form of work as committed artists in a world of mass production and standardization. |
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... adult artistic identities . Explor- ing these continuities , discontinuities , and unresolvable tensions in an analysis that brings new sophistication to a much - used term , Elliot Mishler suggests that " identity " is always dialogic ...
... to life his- tory interviews ; the process of adult identity formation . These keywords in the book's subtitle are of equal importance ; each , however , has its own history as a general topic and field of inquiry and Preface.
... adult identity formation , which is the central problem of the study . My interest in the crafts as a form of " nonalienated labor " and in the work and lives of craftspeople an- tedated these interviews . The ground for the foundation ...
... adult work identities ( Chapter 3 ) ; coherence vs. tension and contradiction in life stories ( Chapter 4 ) ; individual vs. relational conceptions of identity ( Chapter 5 ) . In each instance , I try to make the case that the second ...
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Contents
Studying the Lives and Work of Craftartists Identity and Narrative | 1 |
Sources and Routes Variable Pathways in Identity Formation | 21 |
Contingencies and Turning Points Discontinuities in the Life Course | 53 |
Tensions and Contradictions Revisiting Claims for Coherence in Life Stories | 83 |
Identities inas Relationships within the Family and at Work | 111 |
Narrative Studies of Identity A Forward Look | 145 |
Notes | 165 |
References | 173 |