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    Some thoughts on the life story method in labour history and research on rural women

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    01/01/1984
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    Stubbs, Jean
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    SUMMARY Some social scientists see life?story interviews as the best method to obtain answers to normative and unquantitiable questions, expecially in women's research in this article a historian draws on her own research experience on the Cuban tobacco industry to show how life stories when used sensitively, can be an invaluable methodological tool. RESUMEN Algunas reflexiones sobre el método de historia de vida en la historía laboral e investigacion sobre las mujeres rurales Diversos cientistas sociales consideran las entrevistas de historia de vida como el mejor método para despejar incógnitas normativas e incuantificables, especialmente en la investigación sobre las mujeres. En este articulo, una historíadora utiliza su propia experiencia de investigación en la industria cubana del tabaco para demostrar que la historia de vida pueda constituir un instrumento mitodológico invalorable cuando se usa con sensibilidad. RESUMES Quelques pensées sur la méthode autobiographique dans l'histoire de la main d'oeuvre et la recherche sur les paysannes Quelques sociologues considérent les ínterviews autobiographiques comme les meilleures méthodes pour obtenir les réponses de questions normatives et non determinées, surtout dans la recherche qui concerne les femmes. Dans cet article une historienne se sert de sa propre expérience de recherche sur l'índustrie du tabac à Cuba pour montrer comment les interviews autobíographiques lorsqu'elles sont utilisées efficacement, peuvent être outil de méthodologíe de très grande valeur.
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    Stubbs, J. (1984) Some thoughts on the life story method in labour history and research on rural women. IDS Bulletin 15(1): 34-37
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    10.1111/j.1759-5436.1984.mp15001005.x
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    IDS Bulletin Vol. 15 Nos. 1
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