Life Stories

A Sociological Approach
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-4473-8008-5
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Advances in Biographical Research

The first English translation of this classic text, Life Stories demonstrates how asking participants to narrate the concrete details of their daily work reveals the tacit knowledge, relationships and processes that sustain entire ways of life.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bertaux, Daniel

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Forschung und Information Forschungsmethodik, Wissenschaftliche Ausstattung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Gruppen & Klassen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword to the English edition

Introduction

1. The Ethnographic-Sociological Perspective

2. About Life Stories

3. The Three Functions of Life Stories

4. Collecting Life Stories

5. Case-By-Case Analysis

6. Comparative Analysis

7. Presenting Inquiry Results

Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Daniel Bertaux is a French sociologist. Beginning his career in 1967, as full-time Researcher in Sociology at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), he has worked with Raymond Aron, Pierre Bourdieu, Raymond Boudon, Alain Touraine and Robert Castel among others. Since 2005, he has been affiliated with the Research Centre Dynamiques Européennes at the University of Strasbourg.