Table of Contents

Preface to the Fully Revised and Expanded Edition
For a Humanistic Way in Social Science
Sighting A Diversity of Life Stories
From Resource to Topic
Accessories to a Life Story
From Written Diaries to Video Diaries
The Auto/Biographical Society
`Chicago′ and the Making of a Sociological Method
Getting and Doing Life Stories
Thinking about Life History `Data′
Writing Life Stories
Life Stories and the Narrative Turn
The Moral and Human Face of Life Stories
Reflexivity, Power and Ethics
Truth, Value and Memory in Life Stories
Epilogue
Critical Humanism in a Postmodern World