Thomas J. Cottle

Drawing Life

Narratives and the Sense of Self

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Cottle examines the ways people interpret their life experiences and construct meanings for the events they have encountered. In reading the sixteen life studies in Drawing Life, we encounter both inner reflections as well the power of culture to shape the meanings people give to the events that befall them.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hamilton Books
• Seitenzahl: 318
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. November 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 463g
• ISBN-13: 9780761862222
• ISBN-10: 0761862226
• Artikelnr.: 39396630

Autorenporträt

By Thomas J. Cottle

Inhaltsangabe

CONTENTS Preface Acknowledgments I. STORIES OF ADULTS On Narratives and the
Sense of Self The Abandoner Do You See Me as a Human Being or Just Another
Black Face? No Way to Look But Back Jacob and Millie Portman A Woman Named
Sarah Clark Keller Marcus Nathaniel Simpson: If the Lord Has Patience, I've
Got a Future Professors II. STORIES OF CHILDREN Adolescent as Story Teller:
The Case of Anorexia Nervosa The Young and their Prophets They Got Anger
Pushing 'Em in One Direction, Fright Pushing 'Em in Another The Evils of
Testing and Tracking The Bedroom of Sheila Cooperton A Child to be Envied
Mind Shadows Just a Memory III. EPILOGUE The Value of Stories: Applications
for Research and Healing Bibliography