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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... Identity Elliot G. Mishler. For our grandchildren , Max , Raphael , Nikolai , Mara , Eli ; beginning their life stories , they have already changed the course of ours 1 Acknowledgments At the center of this inquiry are the.
... course of trauma and recovery of sexual abuse survivors . This collaborative work sensitized me to problematic assump- tions in narrative research , particularly about the continuity and coher- ence of life stories , and my approach to ...
... course , for the re- sult , but I hope they will find I was as attentive to their questions and sug- gestions as they were to my work . Elizabeth Knoll , the Behavioral Sciences Editor at Harvard University Press , was a close and ...
... Course 233 53 4 / Tensions and Contradictions : Revisiting Claims for Coherence in Life Stories 83 5 / Identities in / as Relationships within the Family and at Work 111 6 / Narrative Studies of Identity : A Forward Look Notes ...
... course of the work . For example , in my first report on one inter- view ( Mishler , 1992 ) , I proposed that " identity " be defined as a collective term referring to a set of sub - identities ( among them a work identity ) , urged ...
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 |