04121oam 22007814a 450 991045304100332120211028114836.01-4473-0765-81-280-87748-097866137187921-4473-0740-2(CKB)2550000000107220(EBL)981516(OCoLC)798428900(SSID)ssj0000736547(PQKBManifestationID)12299532(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000736547(PQKBWorkID)10783203(PQKB)11091382(StDuBDS)EDZ0000107495(MiAaPQ)EBC981516(Au-PeEL)EBL981516(CaPaEBR)ebr10576369(CaONFJC)MIL371879(MdBmJHUP)musev2_80214(EXLCZ)99255000000010722020120305d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBiography and Turning Points in Europe and Americaedited by Karla B. Hackstaff, Feiwel Kupferberg, and Catherine NegroniBristol :Policy Press,2012.©2012.1 online resource (274 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-84742-860-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Unpacking biographical narratives: investigating stories of artistic careers in Northern Jutland, Denmark /Feiwel Kupferberg --Turning points in the life course: a narrative concept in professional bifurcations /Catherine Negroni --Conjugal deparation and immigration in the life course of immigrant single mothers in Quebec /Ana Gherghel and Marie-Christine Saint-Jacques --MIgration biography and ethnic identity: on the discontinuity of biographical experience and how turning points affect the ethnicisation of biography /Thea D. Boldt --Biographical structuring through a critical life event: parental loss during childhood /Gerhard Jost --Decisive turning points in life trajectories of violence among young men in the barrios of Caracas: the initiation and biographical reconversion to non-violent lifestyles /Verónica Zubillaga --The turning points of the single life course in Budapest, Hungary /Ágnes Sántha --Complicating actions and complicated lives: raising questions about narrative theory through an exploration of lesbian lives /Nicki Ward --Religious conversion as a biographical turn/ing: the case of Orthodox believers in contemporary Russia /Liana Ipatova --Conclusion: theorising turning points and decoding narratives /Feiwel Kupferberg.This sociological collection advances the argument that the concept of a "turning point" expands our understanding of life experiences from a descriptive to a deeper and more abstract level of analysis.Life change eventsfast(OCoLC)fst00998231Biography as a literary formfast(OCoLC)fst00832172SOCIAL SCIENCEResearchbisacshREFERENCEWriting SkillsbisacshLANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINESRhetoricbisacshLANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINESComposition & Creative WritingbisacshLife change eventsBiography as a literary formElectronic books. Life change events.Biography as a literary form.SOCIAL SCIENCEResearch.REFERENCEWriting Skills.LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINESRhetoric.LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINESComposition & Creative Writing.Life change events.Biography as a literary form.920.002Negroni Catherine939174Kupferberg Feiwel1946-1070569Hackstaff Karla B.1954-1070568MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910453041003321Biography and Turning Points in Europe and America2564341UNINA