Overview

This collection explores the challenges of performing narrative work in an academic setting. Topics covered include: the construction of ""personality""; the development of multicultural identity as a dynamic process; the transition from delinquent behaviour; the importance of cultural continuity for understanding loneliness in elderly refugees; and the experience and meaning of resilience among survivors of childhood sexual abuse.

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Author:   Ruthellen H. Josselson ,  Amia Lieblich ,  Amia Lieblich
Publisher:   SAGE Publications Inc
Imprint:   SAGE Publications Inc
Volume:   v. 5
Dimensions:   Width: 13.90cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 21.50cm
Weight:   0.400kg
ISBN:  

9780761903253

ISBN 10:   0761903259
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   01 August 1997
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction - Amia LieblichThe Discursive Construction of Personality - Pertti AlasuutariNational Identity or Multicultural Autobiography - Gabriele RosenthalArbiters of Female Purity - Susan Starr Sered Conversations with Israeli Ritual Bath AttendantsGoing Straight - Shadd Maruna Desistance from Crime and Life Narratives of ReformSoldiers' Narratives of Selective Moral Resistance - Ruth Linn A Separate Position of the Connected Self?Loneliness in Cultural Context - Jane A Bennett and Daniel F Detzner A Look at the Life History of Older Southeast Asian Refugee WomenLost in the Fifties - Jannelle L Wilson A Study of Collected MemoriesAdolescence, Gender and the Development of Mental Health - Phame M Camarena, Pamela A Sarigiani and Anne C PetersenIn Search of Resilience in Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse - Jacquelyn Boone James, Joan Huser Liem and Joan Gately O'Toole Linking Outlets for Power Motivation to Psychological Health

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