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Life history as method: an Italian-Canadian family in an industrial city
Canadian geographer • 37 (2) • Published In 1993 • Pages: 104-119
By: Eyles, John, Perri, Eugenio.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The general purpose of this paper is to present a critical review of the nature and use of life history materials as a method in anthropology, grounding it in both philosophy and theory. The study '…goes on to review the practical issues of doing life histories before presenting a case study of an Italian-Canadian family in an industrial city. The paper concludes with two commentaries: the first on how the case informs on ethnic identity and identity retention, the second on what the life history approach means for the practice of research' (p. 104).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Life history materials
- Cultural identity and pride
- Retail marketing
- Labor supply and employment
- Individual enterprise
- Ethnic stratification
- Extended families
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Italian Canadians
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle; 2000
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- ca. 1890s-1990s
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Canada
- NotesAdditional notes
- John Eyles and Eugenio Perri
- Includes bibliographic references (p. 118-119)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 55025596
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Italians--Canada