pt. 1. Theory and methodology -- 1. Why study autobiographies? -- 2. "Write your life" -- 3. The "situatedness" of an anthropological self -- pt. 2. Narrated lives -- 4. Einar: From fisherman to bureaucrat -- 5. Kari: Reaching out for something better -- 6. Øivind: Loyal and dutiful- or unable to take his life in his own hands? -- 7. Cecilia: Finding oneself -- pt. 3. Concluding remarks -- 8. Anchorage points for the self
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