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Reading lives - how the personal might be social

Evans, Mary (1993) Reading lives - how the personal might be social. Sociology-the Journal of the British Sociological Association, 27 (1). pp. 5-13. ISSN 0038-0385. (doi:10.1177/003803859302700102) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:22083)

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Abstract

This article addresses the issue of how sociologists can re-integrate the study, and the status, of the individual into social theory. The author suggests that biography and autobiography provide important resources, through which it is possible to see how specific people internalise particular social expectations and aspirations. The essay includes a brief discussion of aspects of the lives of Simone de Beauvoir and Virginia Woolf.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1177/003803859302700102
Uncontrolled keywords: autobiography/biography , social values , individual
Subjects: H Social Sciences
Divisions: Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research
Depositing User: M. Nasiriavanaki
Date Deposited: 13 Aug 2009 07:56 UTC
Last Modified: 05 Nov 2024 10:01 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/22083 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Evans, Mary.

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