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Biographical research in Eastern Europe : altered lives and broken biographies
- Title
- Biographical research in Eastern Europe : altered lives and broken biographies / edited by Robin Humphrey, Robert Miller, Elena Zdravomyslova.
- Publication
- Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington [Vt.] : Ashgate, 2003.
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| Book/Text | Use in library | CT765 .B56 2003 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xvi, 324 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- "The transition from socialism experienced by the countries of Eastern and Central Europe during the last decade has been recognised as a profound historical watershed. It is only now, however, that the meanings and dimensions of 'post-socialism' are becoming apparent. The use of the 'biographical perspective' in research provides a unique avenue for studying these changes. Biographical Research in Eastern Europe is the only edited volume that brings the work of many of the most advanced and active biographical researchers working on Eastern Europe together in one volume." "Covering a wide range of 'post-socialist' countries, the chapters are unified by a common research perspective and an informative introduction that identifies common themes across the selections."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction: Biographical Research and Historical Watersheds / Robert Miller, Robin Humphrey and Elena Zdravomyslova -- Pt. 1. The Potential of Biographical Research -- 2. Context, Authenticity, Referentiality, Reflexivity: Back to Basics in Autobiography / J. P. Roos -- 3. The Usefulness of Life Stories for a Realist and Meaningful Sociology / Daniel Bertaux -- 4. Three Dimensions of Biographical Narratives / Valery Golofast -- Pt. 2. Communists, Informers and Dissidents -- 5. Estonian-inclined Communists as Marginals / Aili Aarelaid-Tart -- 6. Portrayals of Past and Present Selves in the Life Stories of Former Stasi Informers / Barbara Miller -- 7. Czech Dissidents: A Classically Modern Community / Vladimir Andrle -- 8. Anti-Soviet Biographies: The Dissident Milieu and its Neighbouring Milieux / Sofia Tchouikina -- 9. The Cafe Saigon Tusovka: One Segment of the Informal-public Sphere of Late-Soviet Society / Elena Zdravomyslova -- Pt. 3. Exile, Migration and Adapting to Social Change -- 10. Living the Life: Exile in the Experience of the Polish Intelligentsia / John A. Jackson -- 11. Biographical Continuities and Discontinuities in East-West Migration before and after 1989. Two Case Studies of Migration from Romania to West Germany / Roswitha Breckner -- 12. Trajectories of Coping Strategies in Eastern Germany / Olaf Struck -- 13. Inequality and Exclusion in the History of Poor Slovak Families / Zuzana Kusa -- Pt. 4. Ethnicity and Sexuality -- 14. Different Generations of Leningrad Jews in the Context of Public/Private Division: Paradoxes of Ethnicity / Viktor Voronkov and Elena Chikadze -- 15. Shame, Promiscuity and Social Mobility in Russian Autobiographies from Poor Working-class Milieux / Anna Rotkirch -- 16. The Construction of Sexual Pleasure in Women's Biographies / Anna Temkina.
- ISBN
- 0754616576
- 9780754616573
- 9781138722187
- 1138722189
- LCCN
- 2002025873
- OCLC
- ocm49493474
- 49493474
- SCSB-9665579
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library