In the Field: A Sociologist's Journey
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| Rating | : | 4.40 (794 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1412855888 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 437 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-03-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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Renée C. Fox is Annenberg Professor Emerita of the Social Sciences and emerita senior fellow of the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania. She is the author of numerous books.
This volume will inspire new generations of social researchers.. The majority of her research has centered on health, illness, and medicine. Drawing on a vast reservoir of notes and documents that chronicle the span of her career, this work also focuses on the places Fox’s field research has carried her.Propelled by a conviction to move beyond the boundaries of herself and of her native land, Fox has done first-hand research in Europe, Central Africa, and China, as well as in the United States. Fox, is a narrative account of the author’s life as a sociologist.
Like all books by Renée Fox, this autobiography is a literary gem, alight with vivid characters, moving recollections, treasured friendships, and humanistic reflections.”—Alexander M. Her life is filled with long relationships with salient figures of the twentieth century, close escapes with fatal illnesses, fascinating experiences on four continents, descriptions of academia at places and times where women were scarcely to be found, key roles in founding intellectual fields of inquiry, and even brushes with violent crime. Every citizen must read this book.”—Kenneth E. A rich documentation of Renée Fox’s exceptional professional trajectory in the US academic world. The wor
""Star of their night, calm rising through change and through storm."" according to Kenneth E. MacWilliams. At its commencement exercises in 2010 Harvard University conferred an honorary Doctor of Laws degree on Dr. Renée C. Fox. Harvard announced that the citation on the degree read "Exemplary expositor of medicine's moral conundrums, she reveals the pulsating reality of human relations in the quest of physicians to do good and no harm." All of the many books Dr. Fox has written bear witness to that judgment but none more so than this last one: "In the Field: A Sociologist's Journey".This book is a f. Superb! Riveting! Dr. Fox's "In The Field: A Sociologist's Journey" is superb! Each page is riveting! Each paragraph has a lyrical beauty which resonates with the heart and the mind of the reader. Each chapter opens a new world of experience, a world seen through the finely crafted lens of a sociologist and a poet. Dr. Fox's contribution to the field of sociology is legendary. and the story of her journey is heartstopping. "In the Field" is written so compellingly that the reader feels she is accompanying Dr. Fox in her. Five Stars Kristine A. Mulhorn This exceeds all expectations. A must read for sociologists and all social explorers.