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Qualitative Research Methods Ser.: Narrative Analysis by Catherine Kohler Riessman (1993, Trade Paperback)
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In recent years, the development of narrative analysis has given life to the study of the narrative as a form of information for social research. This volume, replete with examples and transcriptions from previous narrative studies, is a useful introduction to this growing body of literature. Riessman provides a detailed primer on the use of narrative analysis, its theoretical underpinnings and world view, and the methods it uses.
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PublisherSAGE Publications, Incorporated
ISBN-100803947542
ISBN-139780803947542
eBay Product ID (ePID)109181159
Product Key Features
Number of Pages88 Pages
Publication NameNarrative Analysis
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1993
SubjectLinguistics / Sociolinguistics, Research
TypeTextbook
AuthorCatherine Kohler Riessman
Subject AreaRéférence, Social Science, Language Arts & Disciplines
SeriesQualitative Research Methods Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height0.2 in
Item Weight4 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.5 in
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Intended AudienceCollege Audience
ReviewsThe book offers communication researchers some of the best recent work on qualitative inquiry in the human disciplines...Published by SAGE, the leading publisher of qualitative research in the social sciences today...The heart of her tightly argued text turns on forms of narrative (linked stories, conversations, life stories) and their analysis...This work should be read against and alongside Atkinson and Silverman...This work brings the communication scholar up-to-date on where qualitative methods are in current sociological and educational discourse., Her concise and well-organized book, Narrative Analysis, contributes important insights to the qualitative methods literature. It is directed toward scholars and graduate students of various disciplines, as a methodological guide for analyzing transcripts of first-person stories or experiences. The book is also relevant for researchers interested in the substantive areas of women's lives and medical sociology...Riessman's book provides a useful guide for marketing researchers; particularly those aligned with the interpretive camp...because marketing researchers are increasingly interested in studying both consumers' and managers' stories...Narrative Analysis should be useful to an even wider audience., "Catherine Kohler Riessman's handbook not only provides a basic introduction to the social scientist using narrative as a tool, but also offers a strand of feminist research as her central example...It is a useful text to include in course offerings on discourse analysis." , In this text, Catherine Kohler Riessman discusses many of the important questions that face narrative scholars. As such, the book is a good introductory text for narrative methodology. For those who have read within the field previously, this work reminds the reader of some of the important questions that need to be addressed in narrative work...This text is a valuable effort in an attempt to synthesize some of the main aspects of narrative methodology., "In this text, Catherine Kohler Riessman discusses many of the important questions that face narrative scholars. As such, the book is a good introductory text for narrative methodology. For those who have read within the field previously, this work reminds the reader of some of the important questions that need to be addressed in narrative work...This text is a valuable effort in an attempt to synthesize some of the main aspects of narrative methodology." , "[This book] does what it intends to do and does that clearly and with lively and interesting examples. I think both students and teachers will find it compelling and useful. I plan to assign it in my seminar on narrative and description next semester." , "An excellent resource for individuals interested in the systematic use of narrative in social science research." , An excellent resource for individuals interested in the systematic use of narrative in social science research., This exposition of the principles of narrative analysis is a crisp and thankfully accessible introduction to a range of more or less formal techniques for the interpretation of first-person oral narratives...Riessman organizes her discussion in a down-to-earth way..., Catherine Kohler Riessman's handbook not only provides a basic introduction to the social scientist using narrative as a tool, but also offers a strand of feminist research as her central example...It is a useful text to include in course offerings on discourse analysis., "Her concise and well-organized book, Narrative Analysis, contributes important insights to the qualitative methods literature. It is directed toward scholars and graduate students of various disciplines, as a methodological guide for analyzing transcripts of first-person stories or experiences. The book is also relevant for researchers interested in the substantive areas of women's lives and medical sociology...Riessman's book provides a useful guide for marketing researchers; particularly those aligned with the interpretive camp...because marketing researchers are increasingly interested in studying both consumers' and managers' stories...Narrative Analysis should be useful to an even wider audience." , [This book] does what it intends to do and does that clearly and with lively and interesting examples. I think both students and teachers will find it compelling and useful. I plan to assign it in my seminar on narrative and description next semester.
Dewey Edition20
Series Volume Number30
IllustratedYes
Volume NumberVol. 3
Dewey Decimal302.2
Table Of ContentIntroduction Locating NarrativePersonal Narratives as DataStudying NarrativesOrganization of the BookPART ONE: THEORETICAL CONTEXTSThe Representation of ExperienceNarratives as RepresentationsPART TWO: PRACTICAL MODELSA Life StoryLinked Stories and Meaning in ConversationPoetic Structures and MeaningPART THREE: DOING NARRATIVE ANALYSISTellingTranscribingAnalyzingConclusionValidationUses and Limitations of Narrative Analysis
Synopsis'Riessman discusses many of the important questions which face narrative scholars... the book is a good introductory text for narrative methodology. For those who have read within the field previously, this work reminds the reader of some of the important questions which need to be addressed in narrative work... a valuable effort in an attempt to synthesize some of the main aspects of narrative methodology - Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, In recent years, the development of narrative analysis has given life to the study of the narrative as a form of information for social research. This volume, replete with examples and transcriptions from previous narrative studies, is a useful introduction to this growing body of literature. The author provides a detailed primer on the use of narrative analysis, its theoretical underpinnings and world view, and the methods it uses., Recipient of the 1994 Critics Choice Award from the American Educational Studies Association People tell stories to help organize and make sense of their lives. In the past, their narratives have often been torn apart by social scientists looking for themes, variables, and specific answers to specific questions. But in recent years, the development of narrative analysis has given life to the study of the narrative as a form of information for social research. Why are they constructed as they are? How does one dissect a narrative to understand the lived experience of the narrator? What steps can the researcher take to translate these tales and life stories into usable research? Catherine Kohler Riessman provides a detailed primer on the use of narrative analysis, its theoretical underpinnings and worldview, and the methods it uses. Replete with examples and transcriptions from previous narrative studies, Narrative Analysis is a useful introduction to this growing body of literature., In recent years, the development of narrative analysis has given life to the study of the narrative as a form of information for social research. This volume, replete with examples and transcriptions from previous narrative studies, is a useful introduction to this growing body of literature. Riessman provides a detailed primer on the use of narrative analysis, its theoretical underpinnings and world view, and the methods it uses.
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