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Narrative analysis /

By: Series: Qualitative research methods ; v. 30.Publication details: Newbury Park, CA : Sage Publications, ©1993.Description: vii, 79 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0803947542
  • 9780803947542
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • P302.7 .R54 1993
Contents:
Preface: Locating Myself -- Introduction: Locating Narrative. Personal Narratives as Data ; Studying Narratives ; Organization of the Book -- 1. Theoretical Contexts. The Representation of Experience ; Narratives as Representations -- 2. Practical Models. A Life Story ; Linked Stories and Meaning in Conversation ; Poetic Structures and Meaning -- 3. Doing Narrative Analysis. Telling ; Transcribing ; Analyzing -- Conclusion. Validation ; Uses and Limitations of Narrative Analysis.
Summary: Catherine Kohler Riessman, in this 30th volume of the Sage Qualitative Research Methods Series, has made the method of narrative analysis more systematic and useful for fieldworkers. Building on past approaches, she introduces and illustrates forms of narrative analysis of women's lives and health concerns. Although much has been written about narrative and its role in the study of lives, nothing has been written about the logic of narrative analysis-how to carry it out and why. The author locates herself and her work first in a personal narrative, then illustrates three types of narrative analysis, pointing out their relative strengths and weaknesses. In the third section of the book, she shows how she carries out narrative work, from telling to transcribing to analyzing. Her detailed and clear approach results in an excellent paradigm for others who are struggling with texts rather than weddded to technique. This book is also embedded in Riessman's analyses of divorce narratives and women's situations and health concerns. It is thus a contribution to method and to the substantive study of women's lives and well-being.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 71-78).

Preface: Locating Myself -- Introduction: Locating Narrative. Personal Narratives as Data ; Studying Narratives ; Organization of the Book -- 1. Theoretical Contexts. The Representation of Experience ; Narratives as Representations -- 2. Practical Models. A Life Story ; Linked Stories and Meaning in Conversation ; Poetic Structures and Meaning -- 3. Doing Narrative Analysis. Telling ; Transcribing ; Analyzing -- Conclusion. Validation ; Uses and Limitations of Narrative Analysis.

Catherine Kohler Riessman, in this 30th volume of the Sage Qualitative Research Methods Series, has made the method of narrative analysis more systematic and useful for fieldworkers. Building on past approaches, she introduces and illustrates forms of narrative analysis of women's lives and health concerns. Although much has been written about narrative and its role in the study of lives, nothing has been written about the logic of narrative analysis-how to carry it out and why. The author locates herself and her work first in a personal narrative, then illustrates three types of narrative analysis, pointing out their relative strengths and weaknesses. In the third section of the book, she shows how she carries out narrative work, from telling to transcribing to analyzing. Her detailed and clear approach results in an excellent paradigm for others who are struggling with texts rather than weddded to technique. This book is also embedded in Riessman's analyses of divorce narratives and women's situations and health concerns. It is thus a contribution to method and to the substantive study of women's lives and well-being.

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