| Description |
xvi, 306 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Current perspectives on aging and the life cycle ; v. 3
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Social construction of the past : autobiography and the theory of G.H. Mead / Denise D. Bielby and Hannah S. Kully -- Toward a social psychology of reminiscence / David Unruh -- Changing concepts of self and self development in American autobiographies / Diane Bjorklund -- Treasured possessions in adulthood and old age / N. Laura Kamptner, Jean R. Kayano, and Joan L. Peterson -- Beginning with life histories : interviewing in the families of Welsh steel workers / W.R. Bytheway -- Life narratives : a structural model for the study of black women's cultures / Beverly J. Robinson -- Discovering the world of twentieth century trade union waitresses in the west : a nascent analysis of working class women's meanings of self and work /Gail S. Livings -- Postsecondary organizations as settings for life history : a rationale and illustration of research methods / Patricia J. Gumport -- Telling women's lives : "slant," "straight," and "messy" / Judy Long -- Continuities and discontinuities in elderly women's lives : an analysis of four family careers / Katherine R. Allen |
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(cont.) Emotion work and emotive discourse in the alzheimer's disease experience / Jaber F. Gubrium -- The bereaved parent's position : aspects of life review and self fulfillment / Meira Weiss -- Metaphors, aging and the life-line interview method / Johannes J.F. Shroots and Corine A. ten Kate. |
| Subject |
Life cycle, Human.
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Biography.
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Zelfbeeld.
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Autobiografieën.
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Levensloop.
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| Added Author |
Unruh, David R.
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Livings, Gail Susan, 1957-
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| ISBN |
0892327391 |
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