| Description |
x, 229 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Developing research selves : the desire, opportunity, and preparation to do a study -- Becoming independent of the sponsor -- Gaining allies, overcoming antagonists, being tested -- Personal selves -- Understanding the elderly as a consequence of my mothering role -- Being a woman, a wife, 33 years old, a Jew and a potential member -- Being an American, an academic, a sociologist/anthropologist/gerontologist, dancer and daughter -- Situational selves : being a worker, being temporary -- Being a "volunteer" (neither a volunteer nor a hired worker) and being sick -- Being a neighbor, a friend, a homemaker, a hostess and a leaver -- Theoretical conclusions |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Participant observation -- Psychological aspects.
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Sociology -- Fieldwork -- Psychological aspects.
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Ethnology -- Fieldwork -- Psychological aspects.
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Sociologists -- Psychology.
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Self.
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Identity (Psychology)
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| LC no. |
2009046033 |
| ISBN |
9780195397802 paperback |
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0195397800 paperback |
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9780195397819 hardback |
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0195397819 hardback |
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