Narrative as topic and method in social research /

"Narrative research is an increasingly popular qualitative method across the social sciences. This book has two purposes: firstly to show students and researchers how to do research on narrative topics, particularly on questions about narrative productions of meaning, and secondly to explain so...

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Main Authors: Loseke, Donileen R., 1947-
Published: SAGE,
Publisher Address: Los Angeles :
Publication Dates: [2022]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Qualitative research methods ; volume 61
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Summary: "Narrative research is an increasingly popular qualitative method across the social sciences. This book has two purposes: firstly to show students and researchers how to do research on narrative topics, particularly on questions about narrative productions of meaning, and secondly to explain some fundamentals of research methods suitable for exploring these topics. A final part of the book provides empirical examples of how such research is done. These chapters use small amounts of data to examine the analytic tasks of designing research questions, finding appropriate data, sampling decisions, contextualization, data categorization, and communicating study findings"--
Carrier Form: xvii, 102 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 91-99) and index.
ISBN: 9781071851661
1071851667
Index Number: H61
CLC: C31
Call Number: C31/L879
Contents: Part I. Narrative as research topic -- Part II. Narrative as research method -- Part III. Narrative as research practice.