Varieties of Narrative Analysis
Edited by:
- James A. Holstein - Marquette University, USA
- Jaber F. Gubrium - University of Missouri, USA, University of Florida, USA, Marquette University, USA
Courses:
Narrative Research
Narrative Research
June 2013 | 328 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
Narrative research has become increasingly popular in the social sciences. While no part of the process is easy, researchers often struggle to make sense of data that can seem chaotic and without a discernable pattern. This book shows how to analyze stories, storytelling, and stories in society, bringing together a variety of approaches to both texts and narrative practice under one cover.
Part 1. Analyzing Stories
Dan P. McAdams
Chapter 1. Exploring Psychological Themes through Narrative Accounts
Arthur W. Frank
Chapter 2. Practicing Dialogical Narrative Analysis
Andrew Sparkes and Brett Smith
Chapter 3. Narrative Analysis as an Embodied Engagement with the Lives of Others
Roberto Franzosi
Chapter 4. On Quantitative Narrative Analysis
Part 2. Analyzing Storytelling
Michael Bamberg
Chapter 5. Narrative Practice and Identity Navigation
Amy Shuman
Chapter 6. Exploring Narrative Interaction in Multiple Contexts
Michele Koven
Chapter 7. Speaker Roles in Personal Narratives
Ray Cashman
Chapter 8. Situational Context and Interaction in a Folklorist's Ethnographic Approach to Storytelling
Part 3. Analyzing Stories in Society
Martha Feldman and Julka Almquist
Chapter 9. Analyzing the Implicit in Stories
Francesca Polletta
Chapter 10. Analyzing Popular Beliefs about Storytelling
Donileen Loseke
Chapter 11. The Empirical Analysis of Formula Stories
Tamar Katriel
Chapter 12. Analyzing the Social Life of Personal Experience Stories
Not appropriate as a core text but I routinely recommend this excellent book to my students interested in narrative analysis.
Sociology Dept, Lakehead Univ
July 31, 2013
Excellent explanation of intepretivism.
Political Science Dept, Grambling State University
April 15, 2013
Second book for my research methods course on oral history and storytelling.
Architecture Dept, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
April 28, 2012
Using as optional reading to supplement other texts that do not include this modality.
College Of Educ Human Develop, University of Maine
April 19, 2012