Investigating Subjectivity Research on Lived Experience [Paperback]

Much has been missed by social researchers in their attempt to understand the human experience as a series of rational, cognitive choices. Human subjectivity in lived experience, both that of the subject and that of the researcher, is the topic of this volume, an important corrective to the detached stance of most previous social research.

The contributors examine various aspects of the subject - the emotions, the gendered nature of experience, the body-mind relationship, perceptions of time, place and setting, understanding of the self - and explore how these elements provide a fuller understanding of the human condition.Much has been missed by social researchers in their attempt to understand the human experience as a series of rational, cognitive choices. Human subjectivity in lived experience, both that of the subject and that of the researcher, is the topic of this volume, an important corrective to the detached stance of most previous social research.

The contributors examine various aspects of the subject - the emotions, the gendered nature of experience, the body-mind relationship, perceptions of time, place and setting, understanding of the self - and explore how these elements provide a fuller understanding of the human condition.An Agenda for the Interpretation of Lived Experience - Carolyn Ellis and Michael G Flaherty
PART ONE: INTERPRETING TEXTS
The Many Faces of Emotionality - Norman K Denzin
Reading
Persona
Archival Research in Intertextual Analysis - Laurel Graham
Four Representations of a Year in the Life of Dr Lillian Moller Gilbreth
Women's Subjectivity and Feminist Stories - Bronwyn Davies
PART TWO: CREATING TEXTS
Telling and Performing Personal Stories - Carolyn Ellis and Arthur Bochner
the Constraints of Choice in Abortion
The Reflexive Self thls.