Narratives in Social Science Research

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Narratives in Social Science Research introduces students to the use of narrative methodology as a research tool. It offers a rigorous framework for the application of these devices within qualitative research. The book provides:
  • An historical overview of the development of the narrative approach within the social sciences
  • A guide to how narrative methods can be applied in fieldwork
  • An explanation of how to incorporate a narrative approach within a research project
  • Guidelines for interpreting collected or produced narratives
  • A student-focused approach - key arguments and methods are illustrated by case-studies and lists of further reading.
Written in an accessible and engaging manner, this detailed text will be a useful resource for researchers and students taking courses in qualitative research across a variety of social disciplines.
 

Contents

How Stories Are Made
17
Collecting Stories
33
Narratives in an Interview Situation
47
Reading Narratives
60
Structural Analyses
76
Poststructuralism Interruption
88
Reading Social Science
102
Writing Social Science
117
Narrativizing Social Sciences
131
Glossary
138
Author index
153
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