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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Craftartists' Narratives of 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 ...
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Craftartists' Narratives of Identity Elliot G. Mishler. Contents Preface 1 / Studying the Lives and Work of Craftartists : Identity and Narrative xiii 1 2 / Sources and Routes : Variable Pathways in Identity Formation 21 3 Contingencies ...
... crafts and the work and lives of craftartists ; methods of narrative analysis and their application to life his- tory interviews ; the process of adult identity formation . These keywords in the book's subtitle are of equal importance ...
Craftartists' Narratives of Identity Elliot G. Mishler. history as a general topic and field of inquiry and as a particular domain of personal interest . How to bring them together , to create a unified whole from several quasi ...
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 |