Title: Biographical Research in Cultural Sociology
Abstract:This chapter examines and reflects on the value, history and role of biographical research methods for Cultural Sociology, defines what the concept 'Culture' means for Cultural Sociology. In sharing t...This chapter examines and reflects on the value, history and role of biographical research methods for Cultural Sociology, defines what the concept 'Culture' means for Cultural Sociology. In sharing two examples that illustrate the practical application of biographical research as a method for Cultural Sociology I suggest that these examples reveal the importance of connecting individual lived experience with societal relationships and structures in order to facilitate the sociological imagination as well as highlighting the way that cultural analysis 'involves the making, contestation and remaking of meaning' but also culture as collective, lived experience.Read More
Publication Year: 2019
Publication Date: 2019-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
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