Case Studies and the Dissemination of Knowledge (Routledge Studies in Cultural History)

By: Joy Damousi and Birgit Lang and Katie Sutton

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Synopsis: The case study has proved of enduring interest to all Western societies, particularly in relation to questions of subjectivity and the sexed self. This volume interrogates how case studies have been used by doctors, lawyers, psychoanalysts, and writers to communicate their findings both within the specialist circles of their academic disciplines, and beyond, to wider publics. At the same time, it questions how case studies have been taken up by a range of audiences to refute and dispute academic knowledge. As such, this book engages with case studies as sites of interdisciplinary negotiation, transnational exchange and influence, exploring the effects of forces such as war, migration, and internationalization. Case Studies and the Dissemination of Knowledge challenges the limits of disciplinary-based research in the humanities. The cases examined serve as a means of passage between disciplines, genres, and publics, from law to psychoanalysis, and from auto/biography to modernist fiction. Its chapters scrutinize the case study in order to sharpen understanding of the genre’s dynamic role in the construction and dissemination of knowledge within and across disciplinary, temporal, and national boundaries. In doing so, they position the case at the center of cultural and social understandings of the emergence of modern subjectivities.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 228 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781317599340
Related ISBNs:: 9781315746777, 9781138815339, 9781138815339, 9780367263782, 9780367263782, 9781138815339, 9781315746777, 9780367263782, 9781138815339, 9781315746777, 9780367263782
Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:: 02/14/20
Copyrighted By:: N/A
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Social Studies, Medicine
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Joy Damousi
Edited by:: Birgit Lang
Edited by:: Katie Sutton