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Author:

Caughey, John L., 1941-

Title:

Negotiating cultures and identities : life history issues, methods, and readings / John L. Caughey.

Publisher:

University of Nebraska Press,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

xv, 256 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Ethnology--Methodology.
Ethnologie--Méthodologie.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-250) and index.

Contents:

1: Issues and methods in life history -- Introduction: Salma's stories -- Individuals and their cultures -- Methods in life history research -- Individual identities, multiple cultures -- Negotiating conflicting cultures and competing values -- Writing multiples cultures in life history -- 2: Readings in life history -- Introduction: reading life histories -- Being Indian in America: my ethnic roots and me / Lila Shah -- Needle and thread: the life and death of a tailor / Barbara Myerhoff -- Lessons on the road: the life of a hobo / Douglas Harper -- "That really happened": ethnography and the hobby of twentieth-century war reenacting / Jenny Thompson -- A chameleon-like approach: successful negotiations of multiple cultural traditions / Joshua C. Woodfork -- The sound of it stayed in my ears: life history with African American domestics / Elizabeth Clark-Lewis -- My Mexican friend Marta who lives across the border from me in Detroit / Ruth Behar -- Routes to identity: life history dialogues on race and adoption / Sandra Patton-Imani.

ISBN:

9780803264663 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0803264666 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2006008013

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

OSAX771 -- Grand View University Library (Des Moines)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)