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Author: Margery Wolf Publisher: Stanford University Press ISBN: 9780804719803 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 172
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A Thrice-Told Tale is one ethnographer's imaginative and powerful response to the methodological issues raised by feminist and postmodernist critics of traditional ethnography. The author, a feminist anthropologist, uses three texts developed out of her research in Taiwan--a piece of fiction, anthropological fieldnotes, and a social science article--to explore some of these criticisms. Each text takes a different perspective, is written in a different style, and has different "outcomes," yet all three involve the same fascinating set of events. A young mother began to behave in a decidedly abherrant, perhaps suicidal manner, and opinion in her village was sharply divided over the reason. Was she becoming a shaman, posessed by a god? Was she deranged, in need of physical restraint, drugs, and hospitalization? Or was she being cynically manipulated by her ne'er-do-well husband to elicit sympathy and money from her neighbors? In the end, the woman was taken away from the area to her mother's house. For some villagers, this settled the matter; for others the debate over her behavior was probably never truly resolved. The first text is a short story written shortly after the incident, which occurred almost thrity years ago; the second text is a copy of the fieldnotes collected about the events covered in the short story; the third text is an article published in 1990 in American Ethnologist that analyzes the incident from the author's current perspective. Following each text is a Commentary in which the author discusses such topics as experimental ethnography, polyvocality, authorial presence and control, reflexivity, and some of the differences between fiction and ethnography. The three texts are framed by two chapters in which the author discusses the genereal problems posed by feminist and postmodernist critics of ethnography and presents her personal exploration of these issues in an argument that is strongly self-reflexive and theoretically rigorous. She considers some feminist concerns over colonial research methods and takes issues with the insistence of some feminists tha the topics of ethnographic research be set by those who are studied. The book concludes with a plea for ethnographic responsibility based on a less academic and more practical perspective.
Author: Margery Wolf Publisher: Stanford University Press ISBN: 9780804719803 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 172
Book Description
A Thrice-Told Tale is one ethnographer's imaginative and powerful response to the methodological issues raised by feminist and postmodernist critics of traditional ethnography. The author, a feminist anthropologist, uses three texts developed out of her research in Taiwan--a piece of fiction, anthropological fieldnotes, and a social science article--to explore some of these criticisms. Each text takes a different perspective, is written in a different style, and has different "outcomes," yet all three involve the same fascinating set of events. A young mother began to behave in a decidedly abherrant, perhaps suicidal manner, and opinion in her village was sharply divided over the reason. Was she becoming a shaman, posessed by a god? Was she deranged, in need of physical restraint, drugs, and hospitalization? Or was she being cynically manipulated by her ne'er-do-well husband to elicit sympathy and money from her neighbors? In the end, the woman was taken away from the area to her mother's house. For some villagers, this settled the matter; for others the debate over her behavior was probably never truly resolved. The first text is a short story written shortly after the incident, which occurred almost thrity years ago; the second text is a copy of the fieldnotes collected about the events covered in the short story; the third text is an article published in 1990 in American Ethnologist that analyzes the incident from the author's current perspective. Following each text is a Commentary in which the author discusses such topics as experimental ethnography, polyvocality, authorial presence and control, reflexivity, and some of the differences between fiction and ethnography. The three texts are framed by two chapters in which the author discusses the genereal problems posed by feminist and postmodernist critics of ethnography and presents her personal exploration of these issues in an argument that is strongly self-reflexive and theoretically rigorous. She considers some feminist concerns over colonial research methods and takes issues with the insistence of some feminists tha the topics of ethnographic research be set by those who are studied. The book concludes with a plea for ethnographic responsibility based on a less academic and more practical perspective.
Author: Catherine Lewis Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1442460768 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 148
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Three Blind Mice. Three Blind Mice. See how they run? No. See how they can make all sorts of useful literary elements colorful and easy to understand! Can one nursery rhyme explain the secrets of the universe? Well, not exactly—but it can help you understand the difference between bildungsroman, epigram, and epistolary. From the absurd to the wish-I’d-thought-of-that clever, writing professor Catherine Lewis blends Mother Goose with Edward Gorey and Queneau, and the result is learning a whole lot more about three not so helpless mice, and how to fine tune your own writing, bildungsroman and all. If your writing is your air, this is your laughing gas.* *That’s a metaphor, friends.
Author: Diane Holmberg Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1135638764 Category : Psychology Languages : en Pages : 282
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Researchers have studied marriage for decades, but how is the transition to married life actually experienced by the couples involved? From an insider's perspective, Thrice Told Tales examines married couples' own stories of their relationship. A representative sample of 199 African-American and 177 White married couples were asked to tell the story of their relationship. It provides accounts of courtships, weddings, honeymoons, their adjustment in the early years, and hopes for the future. These stories were first collected a few months after their weddings, and again in the third and seventh years of their marriages. What features of their relationship do the couples highlight as central in the early years? How do their stories change over time? What can we learn about couples' marital well-being by analyzing their stories? How do the stories of men and women, and of White and African-American couples differ? These questions were systematically addressed using extensive coding schemes and comprehensive quantitative analyses. Details of the coding system and procedures are included, making this volume a useful reference for any researcher contemplating analysis of narrative data. However, the key points are also explained in simple prose and illustrated with quotes from the couples' own stories, making the book accessible to anyone with an interest in how young couples experience married life today.
Author: Karl F. Hollenbach Publisher: CreateSpace ISBN: 9781494974299 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 240
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Have you tried to read a story to kids when the type is small and the lights are dim? This large print edition will help.When you share a story with children, do they fidget or do they listen intently? Can you imagine trying to pass on a value, moral or lesson-learned when you do not have everyone's rapt attention?Thrice Told Tales is a re-telling of old fables and folk tales from around the world. Karl F. Hollenbach delivers this work with added narrative to capture the attention, to engage the imagination, and to illustrate subtle nuances of the lesson in each story.Thrice Told Tales includes favorite fables such as “The Piper,” “The Juggler,” and “The Stone Prince”; ancient stories whose message of love and fair play speaks to the child in all people of good will. It is a book, which will be cherished and beloved by children, and prized by adults as a memorable reminder of days past.””> Large Print Edition ““
Author: Catherine Lewis Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1416957847 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 144
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"Can one nursery rhyme explain the secrets of the universe? Well, not exactly--but it can help you understand the difference between bildungsroman, epigram, and epistolary"--Jacket flap.
Author: Karl F. Hollenbach Publisher: CreateSpace ISBN: 9781484949887 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 128
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With loving detail and a strong focus on morals, Thrice Told Tales is the re-telling of old children's tales and folk stories from around the world. Karl F. Hollenbach delivers this work with added narrative to illustrate the subtle nuances of the lesson in each tale, and capture the imagination of reader's of all ages. Thrice Told Tales includes favorite fables such as “The Piper”, “The Juggler”, and “The Stone Prince”; ancient stories whose message of love and fair play speaks to the child in all men and women of good will. It is a book that will be cherished and beloved by children, belonging in a collection to be handed down from generation to generation.
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