Negotiating Cultures and Identities: Life History Issues, Methods, and Readings

The Nile on eBay   Negotiating Cultures and Identities by John L. Caughey

Examines the issues and methods involved in conducting life history research.

FORMATPaperback LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Publisher Description

Negotiating Cultures and Identities examines issues, methods, and models for doing life history research with individual Americans based on interviews and participant observation. John L. Caughey helps students and other researchers explore the ways in which contemporary Americans are influenced by multiple cultural traditions, including ethnic, religious, and occupational frames of reference. Using the example of Salma, a bicultural woman of Pakistani descent who lives in the United States, and the story of Gina, a multicultural American, Caughey examines how to capture the complexity of each situation, including step-by-step methods and exercises that lead the student interviewer through the process of locating and interviewing a research participant, making sense of the material obtained, and writing a cultural portrait. Arguing that comparison between the subject's life and one's own is an essential part of the process, the methodology also encourages the investigator to research his or her own social and cultural orientations along the way and to contrast these with those of the subject. The book offers a practical, manageable, and engaging form of qualitative research. It prepares the student to do grounded, experiential work outside the classroom and to explore important issues in contemporary American society, including ethnicity, race, identity, disability, gender, class, occupation, religion, and spirituality as they are culturally understood and experienced in the lives of individual Americans.

Author Biography

John L. Caughey is a professor of American studies, affiliate professor of anthropology, and codirector of the Life Writing Project at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Details ISBN0803264666 Author John L. Caughey Short Title NEGOTIATING CULTURES & IDENTIT Language English ISBN-10 0803264666 ISBN-13 9780803264663 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2006 Birth 1941 Publisher University of Nebraska Press Imprint University of Nebraska Press Subtitle Life History Issues, Methods, and Readings Place of Publication Lincoln Country of Publication United States Illustrations black & white illustrations DOI 10.1604/9780803264663 UK Release Date 2006-11-01 AU Release Date 2006-11-01 NZ Release Date 2006-11-01 US Release Date 2006-11-01 Pages 256 Publication Date 2006-11-01 DEWEY 305.80072 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this

At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it.With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love!

TheNile_Item_ID:159843497;