The Biographical turn : lives in history
edited by Hans Renders, Binne de Haan and Jonne Harmsma
Bok · Engelsk · 2017
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| Omfang | xv, 222 sider
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| Opplysninger | The biographical turn : biography as critical method in the humanities and in society / Hans Renders, Binne de Haan and Jonne Harmsma -- Section 1.The biographical turn in the humanities: Biography as corrective / Nigel Hamilton -- The plurality of the past : historical time and the rediscovery of biography / Sabina Loriga -- The life is never over : biography as a microhistorical approach / Sigurður Gylfi Magnússon -- Personalized history : biofiction, source criticism and the topicality of biography / Binne de Haan -- The life effect : literature studies and the biographical perspective / Joanny Moulin -- Biography as a concept of thought : on the premises of biographical research and narrative / Christian Klein -- Section 2. The biographical turn in fields of knowledge: Biographies as multipliers : the First World War as turning point in the lives of modernist artists / Hans Renders and Sjoerd Van Faassen -- "Honest politics" : a biographical perspective on economic expertise as a political style / Jonne Harmsma -- Rediscovering agency in the Atlantic : a biographical approach linking entrepreneurial spirit and overseas companies / Kaarle Wirta -- Building bridges to past centuries : religion and empathy in early modern biography / Enny de Bruijn -- Palatable and unpalatable leaders : apartheid and post-apartheid Afrikaner biography / Lindie Koorts -- Section 3. The biographical turn in academia and society: Biography is not a selfie : authorization as the creeping transition from autobiography to biography / Hans Renders -- What are we turning from? Research and ideology in biography and life writing / Craig Howes -- Liberation from low dark space : biography beside and beyond the academy / Carl Rollyson -- From academic historian to popular biographer : musings on the practical poetics of biography / Debby Applegate. - The Biographical Turn showcases the latest research through which the field of biography is being explored. Fifteen leading scholars in the field present the biographical perspective as a scholarly research methodology, investigating the consequences of this bottom-up approach and illuminating its value for different disciplines. While biography has been on the rise in academia since the 1980s, this volume highlights the theoretical implications of the biographical turn that is changing the humanities. Chapters cover subjects such as gender, religion, race new media and microhistory, presenting areas including literature studies, sociology, economics and politics. By emphasising agency, the use of primary sources and the critical analysis of context and historiography, this book demonstrates how biography can function as a scholarly methodology for a wide range of topics and fields of research. International in scope, The Biographical Turn emphasises that the individual can have a lasting impact on the past and that lives that are now forgotten can be as important for the historical narrative as the biographies of kings and presidents. it is a valuable resource for all students of biography, history and historical theory
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| ISBN | 978-1-138-93970-7. - 978-1-138-93971-4
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