| Description |
1 online resource |
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data file |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Unpacking biographical narratives: investigating stories of artistic careers in Northern Jutland, Denmark / Feiwel Kupferberg -- Turning points in the life course: a narrative concept in professional bifurcations / Catherine Négroni -- Conjugal deparation and immigration in the life course of immigrant single mothers in Québec / Ana Gherghel and Marie-Christine Saint-Jacques -- MIgration biography and ethnic identity: on the discontinuity of biographical experience and how turning points affect the ethnicisation of biography / Thea D. Boldt -- Biographical structuring through a critical life event: parental loss during childhood / Gerhard Jost -- Decisive turning points in life trajectories of violence among young men in the barrios of Caracas: the initiation and biographical reconversion to non-violent lifestyles / Verónica Zubillaga -- Turning points of the single life course in Budapest, Hungary / Ágnes Sántha -- Complicating actions and complicated lives: raising questions about narrative theory through an exploration of lesbian lives / Nicki Ward -- Religious conversion as a biographical turn/ing: the case of Orthodox believers in contemporary Russia / Liana Ipatova -- Conclusion: theorising turning points and decoding narratives / Feiwel Kupferberg. |
| Summary |
This sociological collection advances the argument that the concept of a "turning point" expands our understanding of life experiences from a descriptive to a deeper and more abstract level of analysis. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Biography as a literary form.
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Biography as a literary form. |
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Life change events.
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Life change events. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Hackstaff, Karla B., 1954-
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Kupferberg, Feiwel, 1946-
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Négroni, Catherine.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Biography and turning points in Europe and America. Bristol : Policy, 2012 9781847428608 |
| ISBN |
9781447307402 (electronic book) |
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1447307402 (electronic book) |
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9781847428608 (Cloth) |
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1847428606 (Cloth) |
| Standard No. |
9786613718792 |
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