NARRATING THE EVERYDAY, windows on life in central South Africa

455pp., paperback, (Bloemfontein), 2019

All the chapters, apart from two, originated from research in The Narrative Study of Lives programme, Department of Sociology, University of the Free State.

Contributions include:

"On Stories and Understanding" by Jan Coetzee and Asta Rau

"The Everyday in a Time of Transformation" by P. Conrad Kotze and Jan Coetzee

"Reflecting on Female Beauty" by Alessandra Heggenstaller, Asta Rau, Jan Coetzee, Annie Ryen and Ria Smit

"Hair Discourses" by Zukiswa Majali, Jan Coetzee and Asta Rau

"Online Social Networking, Interactions and Relations" by Sello Sele, Jan Coetzee, Florian Elliker, Cornie Groenewald and Sethulego Matebesi

"The Sangoma or the Healthcare Centre?" by Naomi Mbelekani, Amanda Young-Hauser and Jan Coetzee

"Life as a Stranger" by Malilimala Moletsane, Jan Coetzee and Asta Rau

"Insurgent Citizenship and Sustained Resistance of a Local Taxi Association" by Setholego Matebesi.

Jan Coetzee is Senior Researcher, Department of Sociology, University of the Free State, and programme director for The Narrative Study of Lives.

Asta Rau is outgoing Director of the Centre for Health Systems Research & Development, University of the Free State.

Magdalena Wojciechowska is a lecturer in the Department of Organisations and Management, Faculty of Economics and Sociology, University of Łodz, Poland. She is Executive Editor of the international online journal Qualitative Sociology Review.