Narrative inquiry / Kathleen Wells.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wells, Kathleen.

Contributor:

UPSO (University Press Scholarship Online)

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Pocket guides to social work research methods

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Narrative inquiry (Research method).

Social service.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (162 pages.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, [2011]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Narrative inquiry allows for a detailed examination of the structure and content of a story and its significance in relation to psychological, sociological, or historical frames of reference. Narrative methods are ideal for the study of intra- and inter-personal process. They are traditionallyused to understand first-person accounts obtained in interviews, but unlike other forms of analysis, the storied nature of data is retained, allowing for qualitative analysis of personal experience in relation to time, social condition, and place.This pocket guide presents a reader-friendly introduction to narrative inquiry. It focuses on one particular research design, the case study design, providing a broad framework in which narrative and other relevant data may be collected and the specific ways in which audio recordings of interviewsmay be transcribed. With dozens of transcript examples taken from research conducted around the English-speaking world, this guide reviews prevailing analytic frameworks for the analysis of transcribed interviews, which include analyses of narrative content, structure, and context. Two cutting-edgeapproaches, critical narrative analysis and contextual discursive analysis, are also examined for applicability in teasing out how interviewees come to give the narratives that they do - the psychological processes and representational forms that people draw on in telling the stories of their lives.Issues pertaining to validity, reflexivity, and ethics in relation to narrative inquiry are also delineated. Appendices contain a summary of narrative analytic methods and a detailed guide for developing a narrative research proposal. The over 250 references include core references in narrativeinquiry that span a range of disciplines and offer a platform for further study of this unique and vital method.Ideal for researchers and graduate students new to narrative study, this is a valuable guide to developing research projects that depend on narrative methods.

Contents:

An introduction to narrative inquiry

One design for narrative study

Framework for collection of narrative data

Analysis of narrative content

Analysis of narrative structure

Application of discursive concepts to analysis of narratives

Analysis of narrative in context

Validation of narrative research.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Oxford Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9780199827237

0199827230

Publisher Number:

99967293368

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.