The Individual and Beyond

Reflections of the Life History Process

Bibliographic Data

ID2471511
AuthorsMargaret B Blackman (SUNY Brockport, corresponding author)
Year1991
Volume16
Issue2
Pages56-62
Publication date1991-06-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAnthropology and Humanism Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0193-5615 • E-ISSN: 1937-4402
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1525/ahu.1991.16.2.56
OpenAlexW2020988685
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited18

The life history, a narrative form which has a substantial if fragmented history in anthropology, is enjoying a resurgence of popularity, both as an end product and as a genre inviting reinterpretation and analysis. For the narrative ethnographer the life history offers rich ground for examination and discussion. Focusing upon ongoing life history research in northern Alaska by the author and others, this article explores some of the current dimensions of life history studies

Aesthetics · Art · Ethnography · Life history · Literature · Narrative · Narrative history · Oral history · Popularity · Product (mathematics · Reinterpretation · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · History · Indigenous Studies and Ecology · Psychology · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics · Social Psychology · Ecology

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