Narrative Methods for the Human Sciences

The research literature on narrative has grown exponentially over the last 20 years. No longer the province only of literary study, the "narrative turn" has penetrated almost every human science: anthropology, sociology, psychology, history, and others. However, although insights about individual lives may be compelling, it does not mean that the "story" can "speak for itself" and still be a useful procedure. Is there a way that researchers can explain their analytic procedures or representational choices when they present a narrative study? Narrative Methods for the Human Sciences attempts to provide guidance on this situation. Aimed at providing the rigor needed to advance applied narrative analysis, Catherine Riessman provides an explanation and guideline to readers on: * Presentation of and reliance on detailed transcripts of interview excerpts * Methods for analyzing the structural features of discourse * Analysis of the co-production of narratives through the dialogic exchange between interviewer and participant. After completing this book, readers will be able to perform a narrative study that can be defended as a systematic form of inquiry and provide a criteria for validation of their narrative study.

• Narrative Inquiry: Experience and Story in Qualitative Research
• Engaging in Narrative Inquiry (Developing Qualitative Inquiry)
• Understanding Narrative Inquiry
• The Coding Manual for Qualitative Researchers Third Edition
• Qualitative Data Analysis: Practical Strategies
• Narrative Analysis (Qualitative Research Methods)
• Five Ways of Doing Qualitative Analysis: Phenomenological Psychology, Grounded Theory, Discourse Analysis, Narrative Research, and Intuitive Inquiry
• Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design: Choosing Among Five Approaches
• Speaking Up: Understanding Language and Gender
• Telling Stories: The Use of Personal Narratives in the Social Sciences and History