Written and edited by social gerontologists, and focusing on everyday experiences, these essays draw from original case studies to look at the diverse ways of growing and being older.
Collects ten original essays on the aging experience, written by prominent social gerontologists.
Highlights diverse ways of growing and being older.
Offers detailed portraits of a broad range of experiences, including those of the homeless, the retirement community, sexual nonconformists, and the disabled.
Addresses stereotypes of the...
Written and edited by social gerontologists, and focusing on everyday experiences, these essays draw from original case studies to look at the diverse...
Robert D. Ramsey Jaber F. Gubrium James A. Holstein
Postmodern Interviewing offers readers an exploration of the postmodern interview, a conversation with diverse purposes in which the communicative format is constructed as much within the interview conversation as it stems from predesignated research interests. It provides cutting-edge discussions of emerging horizons, featuring reflexivity, poetics, and power, along with discussions of new ways of gathering experiential knowledge. Employing concepts from anthropology, family studies, history, and sociology, the contributors present the ambitious new directions in which the...
Postmodern Interviewing offers readers an exploration of the postmodern interview, a conversation with diverse purposes in which the communi...
Interview books typically stress the need for establishing rapport with respondents and asking questions that don't influence the responses. Until now, no text has seriously explored who the subjects are behind interview participants.
Inside Interviewing showcases the fluctuating and diverse moral worlds put into place during interview research when gender, race, culture, age, and other subject positions are brought narratively to the foreground. It explores the communicative contexts of respondents' thoughts, feelings, and actions, and how meaning is not merely elicited by...
Interview books typically stress the need for establishing rapport with respondents and asking questions that don't influence the responses. Until ...
This series is designed to foster debates on the sociology of social problems by presenting a forum where sociologists of this discipline can present and argue opposed positions on epistemological, moral and political issues that are central to the field.
This series is designed to foster debates on the sociology of social problems by presenting a forum where sociologists of this discipline can present ...
This guide outlines the differences between active interviews and traditional interviews and give novice researchers clear guidelines on conducting a successful interview.
This guide outlines the differences between active interviews and traditional interviews and give novice researchers clear guidelines on conducting a ...
-At a time when more and more researchers are collecting and reproducing personal narratives, there is a pressing need for clear, sound methodological guidance. We owe a debt of gratitude to Gubrium and Holstein for the scope and rigour of their analysis.- --Paul Atkinson, Cardiff University, U.K.
-Analyzing Narrative Reality is a finely crafted and compelling argument for thinking about narratives not only as meaningful stories that help us make sense of the world, but as dynamic, ubiquitous, and profoundly important features...
-At a time when more and more researchers are collecting and reproducing personal narratives, there is a pressing need for clear,...
Since "family" takes on such highly varied forms, any discussion of what it is, who it is, or what family life is like is bound to be complicated--perhaps even controversial. Couples, Kids, and Family Life examines these issues in an engaging and insightful way, approaching the realm of family from "the inside out." Offering a distinctive view of what the social worlds of family life might look like from the standpoint of "insiders," it examines family perspectives and scenarios though the eyes of partners, parents, children, and significant others. Featuring a series of specially...
Since "family" takes on such highly varied forms, any discussion of what it is, who it is, or what family life is like is bound to be complicated--per...
Constructing the Life Course offers a social constructionist perspective on personal experience through time. The text shows the variety of ways people use life course imagery in their everyday lives and makes a useful addition to family studies or gerontology courses.
Constructing the Life Course offers a social constructionist perspective on personal experience through time. The text shows the variety of ways peopl...
James A. Holstein Richard S. Jones George E. Koonce
In January 2014, President Barack Obama made headlines when he confided to New Yorker reporter Davis Remnick that, if he had a son, he would discourage him from playing in the NFL. "I would not let my son play pro football," he told the writer. Obama's words came on the heels of a year of heightened awareness of the life-long consequences of a professional football career. In August 2013, the NFL agreed to a $765 million settlement with over 4,500 retired players seeking damages for head injuries sustained during play. Thousands of others are seeking disability benefits in the State of...
In January 2014, President Barack Obama made headlines when he confided to New Yorker reporter Davis Remnick that, if he had a son, he would discourag...
James A. Holstein Richard S. Jones George E. Koonce
2016 Best Book Award, North American Society for the Sociology of SportIs There Life After Football?draws upon the experiences of hundreds of former players as they describe their lives playing the sport and after their football days are over. The -bubble--like conditions of privilege that NFL players experience while playing, often leave players unprepared for the real world once they retire and must manage their own lives. The book also reveals the difficulties affecting former NFL players in retirement: social isolation, financial concerns, inadequate career...
2016 Best Book Award, North American Society for the Sociology of SportIs There Life After Football?draws upon the experiences ...
