Emotions are central to our practices and understanding of public life. This book examines the political, social and personal consequences of public emotions in relation to conflict, ritual, social classification, collective life, identity, memory and power and is a multidisciplinary collaboration showing the emotional character of public life.
Emotions are central to our practices and understanding of public life. This book examines the political, social and personal consequences of public e...
Narrative, the process of making or telling a story, is a prime concern of social science today. The essays and editorial commentary in this volume focus on the inter-relationship between experience, self and society and offer to advance understanding of the implications of the narrative turn in social sciences. International contributors assess the methodological implications, and present a fascinating range of case studies, from the Princess Diana interview to the memoirs of the wives of US nuclear scientists. Morality USA: Representations of Morality in Contemporary Culture Squire...
Narrative, the process of making or telling a story, is a prime concern of social science today. The essays and editorial commentary in this volume fo...
Culture in Psychology breaks new ground by attempting to understand the complexity and specificity of cultural identities today. It rejects the idea that Western culture is a standard, or that any culture is homogenous and stable. Equally, it rejects the notion that culture is a mechanism that enhances reproductive fitness. Instead, it alerts psychologists to the many forms of 'foreignness' that research should address and to alliances psychology can make with other disciplines such as anthropology, feminism and psychoanalysis. Part one explores the origins of the new...
Culture in Psychology breaks new ground by attempting to understand the complexity and specificity of cultural identities today. It rejects t...
Of approximately 42 million HIV positive people in the world, 29.4 million live in sub-Saharan Africa and another 4 million in South Africa. Despite its relatively powerful economy and infrastructure, South Africa has been dramatically affected by the HIV pandemic. Using narrative analysis of a three year interview study and textual analysis of political materials, HIV in South Africa examines the impact of HIV on people's everyday lives in the country. Examining the relationship between personal accounts of living with HIV and wider medical, political and religious discourses, the book...
Of approximately 42 million HIV positive people in the world, 29.4 million live in sub-Saharan Africa and another 4 million in South Africa. Despit...
Of approximately 42 million HIV positive people in the world, 29.4 million live in sub-Saharan Africa and another 4 million in South Africa. Despite its relatively powerful economy and infrastructure, South Africa has been dramatically affected by the HIV pandemic. Using narrative analysis of a three year interview study and textual analysis of political materials, HIV in South Africa examines the impact of HIV on people's everyday lives in the country. Examining the relationship between personal accounts of living with HIV and wider medical, political and religious discourses, the book...
Of approximately 42 million HIV positive people in the world, 29.4 million live in sub-Saharan Africa and another 4 million in South Africa. Despit...
Social scientists increasingly invoke -narrative- in their theory and research. This book explores the wide range of work in sociology, psychology and cultural studies in which narrative approaches have been used to study meaning, subjectivity, politics, and power in concrete contexts. The Uses of Narrative presents a range of case studies, including: Princess Diana's Panorama interview, media coverage of the 1992 Los Angeles riots, memoirs of the wives of scientists who made the first atomic bomb, popular images of gay marriage, and the effect of the -Velvet Revolution- on...
Social scientists increasingly invoke -narrative- in their theory and research. This book explores the wide range of work in sociology, psychology and...
In today's world, moral uncertainty is found everywhere. MORALITY USA calls for recognition of the multiplicity of moral structures that now exist and argues that we need to rethink our concepts of morality. Controversial, comprehensive, engaging, and timely, MORALITY USA is sure to spark debate and contemplation across political and social spectrums. 23 photos.
In today's world, moral uncertainty is found everywhere. MORALITY USA calls for recognition of the multiplicity of moral structures that now exist and...
This book addresses the governance of the HIV and AIDS pandemic, with reference to the social aspects of technology and the technological mediation of the pandemic in international contexts.
This book addresses the governance of the HIV and AIDS pandemic, with reference to the social aspects of technology and the technological mediation of...
This volume brilliantly advances our understanding of the use of narrative in the social sciences. It brings together contemporary work on narrative theory and methods and presents a fascinating range of case-studies, from Princess Diana's Panorama interview to the memoirs of the wives of US nuclear scientists.
This volume brilliantly advances our understanding of the use of narrative in the social sciences. It brings together contemporary work on narrative t...
