Overview
- Seven Minutes from Home models what riveting contemporary social-science writing looks like, and it offers an extended set of discussion questions, projects and creative writing exercises inviting readers to discover and explore their own life stories seven minutes from their homes
- With a poet’s lyricism and a sociologist’s insight, Richardson’s collection of linked stories, written chronologically, create a multifaceted narrative of how the public and the private, the past and the present, and the local and the global intersect
- Richardson’s renowned book, Fields of Play (1997) is about constructing a life inside the academic world; Seven Minutes from Home is about constructing a life outside the academic world
- Coming from a mixed-marriage and bi-cultural childhood, the sociologist Richardson is acutely sensitive to diversity in American society; in Seven Minutes from Home she writes a nuanced and compelling narrative of how the strengths of a mixed heritage have created an everyday life that honors that heritage and empowers her
Part of the book series: Personal/Public Scholarship (PEPUSCH)
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"Book: An American Daughter’s Story is a collection of linked stories written chronologically from 1980–2015. They create a multifaceted narrative of how the public and the private, the past and present, the local and global, intersect. With earnest reflection, modesty and humor, Laurel Richardson introduces the reader to her Ohio neighborhoods, friends, family, writers and therapy dogs. She ages, retires and frets over her droopy eyebrow. Her town’s local stores close; police bust heroin dealers; September 11th happens; universities corporatize; poetry venues transform. All this and much more as Richardson honors the complexity and vibrancy of America, and her life within it. Richardson’s renowned book, Fields of Play (1997) is about constructing a life inside the academy; Seven Minutes from Home is about constructing a life outside the academy. This extraordinary example of literary sociology can be read for pleasure, adopted in book clubs, or used in courses in American Studies, communication, creative writing, narrative, qualitative research, sociology, cultural studies and women’s studies. An appendix offers discussion questions, research projects and creative writing exercises.
“A tour de force, the penultimate statement from gifted writer Laurel Richardson. Here an American daughter’s story comes home.” – Norman Denzin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
“The stories are riveting; you will not be able to stop reading.” – Carolyn Ellis, University of South Florida
“An exemplar for how good social science should be written.” – Jessica Smartt Gullion, Texas Woman’s University
“A love letter to a culture and a life well-lived.” – Anne Harris, Monash University
“Highly recommended for courses in sociology, women’s studies and creative writing.” – Mary Margaret Fonow, Arizona State University
Laurel Richardson, Professor Emeritus at The Ohio State University, has received a Life-Time Achievement Award in Qualitative Research, a Cooley Book Award, and two Affirmative-Action awards. She writes daily. She is most proud of her therapy dogs’ work with special-needs children.
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“A tour de force, the penultimate statement from gifted writer Laurel Richardson. Here an American daughter’s story comes home.” – Norman Denzin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
“The stories are riveting; you will not be able to stop reading.” – Carolyn Ellis, University of South Florida
“An exemplar for how good social science should be written.” – Jessica Smartt Gullion, Texas Woman’s University
“A love letter to a culture and a life well-lived.” – Anne Harris, Monash University
“Highly recommended for courses in sociology, women’s studies and creative writing.” – Mary Margaret Fonow, Arizona State University
Laurel Richardson, Professor Emeritus at The Ohio State University, has received a Life-Time Achievement Award in Qualitative Research, a Cooley Book Award, and two Affirmative-Action awards. She writes daily. She is most proud of her therapy dogs’ work with special-needs children.
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Table of contents (34 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Roots
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Intersecting Worlds 2001–2003
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Seven Minutes from Home
Book Subtitle: An American Daughter’s Story
Authors: Laurel Richardson
Series Title: Personal/Public Scholarship
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-543-2
Publisher: SensePublishers Rotterdam
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature B.V. 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-94-6300-543-2Published: 15 July 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 200
Topics: Education, general