Telling Stories – The Use of Personal Narratives in the Social Sciences and His…

Telling StoriesThe Use of Personal Narratives in the Social Sciences and History\nAuthor(s): Mary Jo Maynes, Jennifer L. Pierce, Barbara Laslett\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cornell University Press, United States\nImprint: Cornell University Press\nISBN-13: 9780801473920, 978-0801473920\nSynopsis\nIn Telling Stories, Mary Jo Maynes, Jennifer L. Pierce, and Barbara Laslett argue that personal narratives-autobiographies, oral histories, life history interviews, and memoirs-are an important research tool for understanding the relationship between people and their societies. Gathering examples from throughout the world and from premodern as well as contemporary cultures, they draw from labor history and class analysis, feminist sociology, race relations, and anthropology to demonstrate the value of personal narratives for scholars and students alike.\n\n Telling Stories explores why and how personal narratives should be used as evidence, and the methods and pitfalls of their use. The e