Abstract
In a neo-liberal era concerned with discourses of responsible individualism and the 'selfie', there is an increased interest in personal lives and experiences. In contemporary life, the personal is understood to be political and these ideas cut across both the social sciences and humanities.
Original language | English |
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Publisher | Springer International Publishing AG |
Number of pages | 692 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9783030319748 |
ISBN (Print) | 9783030319731 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 28 Apr 2020 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Social Sciences
- General Arts and Humanities
Keywords
- Autoethnography
- Collaboration
- Creativity
- Disability
- Epistolary
- Epistolary lives
- Families and relationships
- Geography
- Historical writing
- Life history
- Madness
- Narrative analysis
- Narrative research
- Past lives
- Personal life
- Prison lives
- Professional lives
- Race
- Social justice
- Sociology of the everyday