Biography and Turning Points in Europe and America

ISBN-13: 9781847428608 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 272 str.

Karla B Hackstaff

Opis

The contributors to this thoughtprovoking collection argue that the biographical concept of the turning point requires a deeper analysis of what distinguishes turning points from life transitions. This book, in turn, raises crucial questions about the application of turning points as a biographical research method. Utilizing broad empirical research by scholars from ten different countries, the collection provides a number of contexts for thinking about turning points under both global and local forces. Focusing on how biographical meaning is made, it offers a strong theoretical base for social scientists in a variety of fields."

Spis treści

Introduction: Advancing the dialogue on turning points ~ Karla B. Hackstaff; 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 separation 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; The 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 ~ Nikki 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.