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Life history and narrative / edited by J. Amos Hatch and Richard Wisniewski.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Qualitative studies series ; 1.
- Qualitative studies series ; 1
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Discourse analysis, Narrative.
- Narration (Rhetoric).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (152 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Washington, D.C. : Falmer Press, 1995.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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 field of research, and will be of interest to qualitative researchers.
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; 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 worksNotes on Contributors; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-135-71877-6
- 1-135-71878-4
- 1-280-15735-6
- 0-203-23096-5
- 0-203-48634-X
- 9786610157358
- 9780203486344
- OCLC:
- 568132150
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