Making Meaning of Narratives

by Ruthellen H. Josselson (Editor), Amia Lieblich (Editor)

Overview

The sixth volume in this series provides: guides for doing qualitative research; analysis of several autobiographies; hints on how to interpret what is not said in narrative interviews; discussion on how cultural meanings and values are transmitted across generations; and illustrations of the transformational power of stories.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761903277
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	04/05/1999
Series:	The Narrative Study of Lives series , #6
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	296
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.67(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction - Ruthellen Josselson
In Acknowledgment - June Price
A Review and Critique of Qualitative Research Techniques
Autobiography and the Value Structures of Ordinary Experience - Paul John Eakin
Marianne Gullestad's Everyday Life Philosophers
‘Black Holes' as Sites for Self-Constructions - Harriet Bjerrum Nielsen
An Interpretive Poetics of Languages of the Unsayable - Annie G Rogers et al
Gender, Generation, Anxiety, and the Reproduction of Culture - Wendy Holloway and Tony Jefferson
The Recruitment of Women into the Academic Elite in Israel - Beverly Mizrachi
Anna's Narrative
Powerful Stories - Tineke A Abma
The Role of Stories in Sustaining and Transforming Professional Practice within a Mental Hospital
Writing as Performance - Barbara Crowther
Young Girls' Diaries
Ding Ling and Miss Sophie's Diary - Dora Shu-fang Dien
A Psychobiographical Study of Adolescent Identity Formation
Love Stories in Sexual Autobiographies - Elina Haavio-Mannila and J P Roos

Editorial Reviews

Contributors from five countries, in fields including criminology, literature studies, nursing, psychology, and sociology, explore issues such as how to make meaning of narrative interviews by considering the problem of interpreting what is not said, how cultural meanings about gender are transmitted across generations, and uses of the transformational power of stories within social organizations as an agent of change. Features a critical review of books on qualitative and narrative research. Paper edition (unseen) $29.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)

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