Investigating Subjectivity
Ellis, Carolyn / Flaherty, Michael G.
Much has been missed by social researchers in their attempt to understand the human experience as a series of rational, cognitive choices. Human subjectivity in lived experience, both that of the subject and that of the researcher, is the topic of this volume, an important corrective to the detached stance of most previous social research.
The contributors examine various aspects of the subject - the emotions, the gendered nature of experienc...