Sociology Meets Memoir: An Exploration of Narrative and Method by Nelson, Margaret K.

Sociology Meets Memoir: An Exploration of Narrative and Method

How sociologists can approach memoir in their writing, research, and in the classroom Memoirs attract millions of...
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Author: Margaret K. Nelson
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Sociology Meets Memoir: An Exploration of Narrative and Method by Nelson, Margaret K.

Sociology Meets Memoir: An Exploration of Narrative and Method

$42.28

Sociology Meets Memoir: An Exploration of Narrative and Method

$42.28
Author: Margaret K. Nelson
Format: Paperback
Language: English

How sociologists can approach memoir in their writing, research, and in the classroom

Memoirs attract millions of readers with their compelling life stories, vivid details, and often startling revelations. Beyond entertainment value, however, Margaret K. Nelson argues that memoirs hold potential as powerful resources for sociologists to engage with, analyze, and teach. Sociology Meets Memoir is a short and accessible guide to the significance of memoirs for the field of sociology, from their many possible uses to the numerous challenges they pose.

This guide enables sociologists to learn about the different ways memoirs have been used as a medium through which to exercise and encourage the "sociological imagination." Nelson offers clear definitions of the various and nuanced terms associated with memoir and examples of how different types of stories have been effectively integrated into scholarly research. Readers will gain an understanding of the immense power of memoirs as sociological resources, offering unique access to voices from the past as well as voices from the present which are traditionally marginalized. Nelson also focuses on the genre's limitations and the difficult methodological questions that accompany their use in scholarly endeavors.

Sociology Meets Memoir is a vital tool for all sociologists interested in this growing genre. By reading this guide, students and teachers alike will gain an understanding of how they might approach the current outpouring of memoirs and incorporate them into their teaching, learning, writing, and research.

Author: Margaret K. Nelson
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 12/17/2024
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.71lbs
Size: 8.80h x 6.00w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9781479827329

About the Author
Margaret K. Nelson is A. Barton Hepburn Professor of Sociology Emerita at Middlebury College. Most recently she is the author of Keeping Family Secrets: Shame and Silence in Memoirs from the 1950s and coauthor, with Emily K. Abel, of The Farm and Wilderness Summer Camps: Progressive Ideals in the Twentieth Century.

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