Life History and Narrative

by J. Amos Hatch (Editor), Richard Wisniewski (Editor)

Overview

Narrative inquiry refers to a subset of qualitative research design in which stories are used to describe human action. This book contains current ideas in this emerging field of research. Chapters include a qualitative analysis of narrative data; criteria for evaluating narrative inquiry, linking emotion and reason through narrative voice, audience and the politics of narrative; trust in educational storytelling; narrative strategies for case reports; life history narratives and women's gender identity; and issues in life history and narrative inquiry. This text is intended to be of interest to all qualitative researchers and education researchers studying forms of narrative.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780750704052
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/13/1995
Series:	Qualitative Studies Series , #1
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	152
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

J. Amos Hatch, Richard Wisniewski

Table of Contents

Life history and narrative: introduction, Narrative configuration in qualitative analysis, Fidelity as a criterion for practicing and evaluating narrative inquiry, Distancing passion: narratives in social science, Audience and the politics of narrative, Persuasive writings, vigilant readings, and reconstructed characters: the paradox of trust in educational storysharing, Narrative strategies for case reports, The story so far: personal knowledge and the political, Conflicts of selves: nonunitary subjectivity in women administrators’ life history narratives, Life history and narrative: questions, issues, and exemplary works, Notes on Contributors, Index