Narrative analysis : studying the development of individuals in society / editors, Collette Daiute, Cynthia Lightfoot.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Daiute, Colette.

Lightfoot, Cynthia.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discourse analysis, Narrative.

Physical Description:

xviii, 300 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage, [2004]

Summary:

Narrative Analysis: Studying the Development of Individuals in Society aims to help researchers and students identify and evaluate the wealth of rationales, practices, caveats, and values of narrative inquiry for understanding human development. A rich collection of chapters articulates diverse, interdisciplinary perspectives within the integrative theme that identity and knowledge development occur in dynamic social environments.

Editors Colette Daiute and Cynthia Lightfoot have brought together an internationally renowned team of experts in narrative analysis to create a volume perfect for qualitative researchers in sociology, psychology, social work, education, and anthropology. Students, professors, and experienced researchers will find the pedagogical elements and case studies perfect for course use and professional reference.

Contents:

Pt. I. Literary readings ; 1.1. The role of imagination in narrative constructions / Theodore Sarbin ; 1.2. Fantastic self: a study of adolescents' fictional narratives, and identity work as aesthetic activity / Cynthia Lightfoot

1.3. Cultural modeling as a frame for narrative analysis / Carol D. Lee, Erica Rosenfeld, Ruby Mendenhall, Ama Rivers, and Brendesha Tynes ; 1.4. Data are everywhere: narrative criticism in the literature of experience / Mark Freeman

pt. II. Social-relational readings ; 2.1. Co-constructing the cultural person through narratives in early childhood / Katherine Nelson ; 2.2. Adaptive and creative uses of narrative genres / Colette Daiute ; 2.3. Positioning with Davie Hogan: stories, tellings, and identities / Michael Bamberg ; 2.4. Dilemmas of storytelling and identity / Steven Stanley and Michael Billig

pt. III. Readings through the forces of history ; 3.1. Narrating illegality as an identity in conflicting cultural discourses / Jocelyn Solis ; 3.2. Transcendent stories and counter-narratives in Holocaust survivor life histories: searching for meaning in video-testimony archives / Sarah Carney ; 3.3. Women of "the greatest generation": feeling on the margin of social history / Abigail J. Stewart and Janet E. Malley

3.4. Culture, continuity, and the limits of narrativity: a comparison of the self-narratives of native and non-native youth ; Michael Chandler, Ulrecht Teucher, and Chris Lalonde ; 3.5. Once upon a time: a narratologist's tale / Mary Gergen.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0761927972

0761927980

OCLC:

52559098