Exemplary stories: on the uses of biography in recent sociology. Book review essay of "The disobedient generation: social theorists in the sixties" by A. Sica and S. Turner (eds), University of Chicago, 2005; "Sociolosits in a global age: biographical perspectives by M. Deflem (ed), Ashgate, 2007; and "The new inidividualism: the emotional costs of globalization" by A. Elliott and C. Lemert, Routledge, 2006
de la Fuente, Eduardo (2009) Exemplary stories: on the uses of biography in recent sociology. Book review essay of "The disobedient generation: social theorists in the sixties" by A. Sica and S. Turner (eds), University of Chicago, 2005; "Sociolosits in a global age: biographical perspectives by M. Deflem (ed), Ashgate, 2007; and "The new inidividualism: the emotional costs of globalization" by A. Elliott and C. Lemert, Routledge, 2006. Thesis Eleven, 97. pp. 115-129.
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De la Fuente reviews three books, namely, The Disobedient Generation: Social Theorists in the Sixties edited by Alan Sica and Stephen Turner; Sociologists in a Global Age: Biographical Perspectives edited by Matthieu Deflem; and The New Individualism: The Emotional Costs of Globalization by Anthony Elliott and Charles Lemert.
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| Item Type: | Article (Research - C1) |
| ISSN: | 1461-7455 |
| Keywords: | biographical sociology; autobiography; biography; social theory |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Sep 2015 00:01 |
| FoR Codes: | 16 STUDIES IN HUMAN SOCIETY > 1608 Sociology > 160806 Social Theory @ 100% |
| SEO Codes: | 97 EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE > 970116 Expanding Knowledge through Studies of Human Society @ 100% |
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