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1 online resource (350 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Writing lives : ethnographic narratives
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Writing lives--ethnographic narratives.
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| Summary |
"Reflecting on a 50 year university career, Distinguished Professor Arthur Bochner, former President of the National Communication Association, discloses a lived history, both academic and personal, that has paralleled many of the paradigm shifts in the human sciences inspired by the turn toward narrative. He shows how the human sciences--especially in his own areas of interpersonal, family, and communication theory--have evolved from sciences directed toward prediction and control to interpretive ones focused on the search for meaning through qualitative, narrative, and ethnographic modes of inquiry. He outlines the theoretical contributions of such luminaries as Bateson, Laing, Goffman, Henry, Gergen, and Richardson in this transformation. Using diverse forms of narration, Bochner seamlessly layers theory and story, interweaving his professional and personal life with the social and historical contexts in which they developed"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 318-332) and index. |
| Contents |
Preface: On the Road to Meaning; Chapter One. Drifting Toward an Academic Life: Narrative Legacies; Chapter Two. Graduate Student Socialization: On Becoming a Divided Self; Chapter Three. Staging a Dissertation: Entry into a Professor's Way of Life; Chapter Four. Raising Consciousness and Teaching Things that Matter; Chapter Five. Double Bind: Selling Out or Risking Ruin; Chapter Six. Paradigms Shift: Dark Side of the Moon; Chapter Seven. Taking Chances; Chapter Eight. Between Obligation and Inspiration; Chapter Nine. Seeking a Home in Academia; Chapter Ten. Life's Forward MomentumChapter Eleven. A Twist of Fate; Chapter Twelve. Healing a Divided Self: Narrative Means to Academic Ends; Chapter Thirteen. Finishing Touches: A Sense of an Ending; Epilogue. Story-Truth. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Bochner, Arthur P.
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Bochner, Arthur P. |
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Social sciences -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States -- History.
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Social sciences -- Study and teaching (Higher) |
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United States. |
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History. |
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Social sciences. |
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College teachers -- United States -- Biography.
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College teachers. |
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Biographies.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Bochner, Arthur P. Coming to narrative. Walnut Creek, California : Left Coast Press, [2014] 9781598740370 (DLC) 2014000363 (OCoLC)869552375 |
| ISBN |
9781611327755 (electronic book) |
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161132775X (electronic book) |
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9781611327755 (institutional ebook) |
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9781611327670 (consumer ebook) |
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1611327679 (consumer ebook) |
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9781598740370 (hardcover) |
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1598740377 (hardcover) |
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9781598740387 (paperback) |
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1598740385 (paperback) |
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