Untitled Page 1 Page 2 ANALYZING TALK the SOCIAL SCIENCES in Page 3 SAGE was
founded in 1965 by Sara Miller McCune to support the dissemination of usable knowledge by …

The chorus of the Christian hymn “Amazing Grace” reads,“I once was lost, but now am
found,/Was blind but now I see.” Composed by a minister who formerly worked as a slave …

The Internet has developed rapidly in China in the past decade. Despite WeChat's immense
popularity and media coverage, few scholars have studied the new social medium's …

Over the past 20 years, scrapbooking has become immensely popular in America. This
dissertation is the study of scrapworthy lives, that is, how lives become structured by …

Viewing the popular process of making “scrapbooks” as a particular type of autobiographical
occasion, I analyze interviews with scrapbookers and others who make up the scrapbooker's …

This dissertation is an examination of the construction and maintenance of a specific type of
“authentic American” identity through the lens of folk music. Drawing from interpretive …

This paper is the result of an explorative study, based on in-depth interviews with 16 well
known contemporary writers of fiction and poetry. Using an interpretative-phenomenological …

This dissertation explores the lives of baby boomers turning sixty as they use narrative to
review their past by focusing on turning points. They reflect upon their present, and …

Jackson would like to thank the authors of the two commentaries, Gergen (see record 2015-
35231-006) and Madil (see record 2015-35231-007), for their interesting and incisive …

From a sociological perspective, privacy is not an intrinsic part of our selves, but is a social
agreement between us and others. Concealing information from others depends in large …