In spite of their differing rhetorics and cognitive strategies, sociology and literature are often concerned with the same objects: social relationships, action, motivation, social constraints and relationships, for example. As such, sociologists have always been fascinated with fictional literature
Storytelling Sociology: Narrative as Social Inquiry
β Scribed by Ronald J. Berger (editor); Richard Quinney (editor)
- Publisher
- Lynne Rienner Publishers
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 320
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
A compelling exposition of the narrative turn in sociologyβan approach that views lived experience as constructed, at least in part, by the stories that people tell about it.
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