Like all writing, biographies are interpretive. They require no less than organizing into text the chaos of human existence. In Interpretive Biography Denzin combines one of the oldest techniques in the social sciences and humanities with one of the newest. Bringing in elements of postmodernism and interpretive social science, he reexamines the biographical and autobiographical genres. In addition, the book outlines a new way in which biographies should be conceptualized and shaped.
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Norman K. Denzin is Distinguished Professor of Communications, College of Communications Scholar, and Research Professor of Communications, Sociology and Humanities, at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He is the author, editor, or co-editor of numerous books, including The Qualitative Manifesto, Qualitative Inquiry Under Fire, and Performance Ethnography: Critical Pedagogy and the Politics of Culture. He is past editor of The Sociological Quarterly, co-editor of Qualitative Inquiry, founding editor of Cultural Studies-Critical Methodologies, editor of International Review of Qualitative Research, editor of Studies in Symbolic Interaction, and founding Director of the International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry.
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The interpretive biographical method, as indicated in the preface, involves the studied use and collection of personal-life documents, stories, accounts, and narratives which describe turning-point moments in individuals' lives (Denzin, 1989a, chapter 2; 1989b, chapter 8). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
biographical illusion, biographical method, natural history approach, personal experience narratives, biographical texts, self stories, alcoholic self, life history approach Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
The Polish Peasant, Alcoholics Anonymous, George Caspar Homans, James Joyce, The Jack-Roller, Virginia Woolf, New York Times, United States New!
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The interpretive biographical method, as indicated in the preface, involves the studied use and collection of personal-life documents, stories, accounts, and narratives which describe turning-point moments in individuals' lives (Denzin, 1989a, chapter 2; 1989b, chapter 8). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
biographical illusion, biographical method, natural history approach, personal experience narratives, biographical texts, self stories, alcoholic self, life history approach Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
The Polish Peasant, Alcoholics Anonymous, George Caspar Homans, James Joyce, The Jack-Roller, Virginia Woolf, New York Times, United States New!
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- Studies in Symbolic Interaction, Volume 24 (Studies in Symbolic Interaction) by DENZIN on 4 pages
- The Polish Peasant in Europe and America: A CLASSIC WORK IN IMMIGRATION HISTORY by William Thomas on page 1, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Virginia Woolf (Ensayo-Biografico) (Spanish Edition) by Quentin Bell on page 5, page 34, and Back Matter
- Interpretive Interactionism (Applied Social Research Methods) by Norman K. Denzin in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- On Understanding Emotion (Jossey Bass Social and Behavioral Science Series) by Norman K. Denzin in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Biography and Education: A Reader (Social Research and Educational Studies Series) by Michael Erben on 6 pages
- Documents of Life 2: An Invitation to A Critical Humanism by Ken Plummer on 4 pages
- An Introduction to Qualitative Research by Uwe Flick on 4 pages
- Being White: Stories of Race and Racism by Karyn D. McKinney in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Being White: Stories of Race and Racism by Karyn D. McKinney in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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