Narrative analysis : studying the development of individuals in society

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Author:

Lightfoot, Cynthia.

ISBN:

9780761927983

9780761927976

Publication Information:

Thousand Oaks, CA ; London : Sage, c2004.

Physical Description:

xviii, 300 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Contents:

Editors' Introduction: Theory and Craft in Narrative Inquiry / Colette Dainte and Cynthia Lightfoot -- Pt. I. Literary Readings -- 1.1. The Role of Imagination in Narrative Construction / Theodore R. Sarbin -- 1.2. Fantastic Self: A Study of Adolescents' Fictional Narratives, and Aesthetic Activity as Identity Work / 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. Construction of the Cultural Self in Early Narratives.

Subject Term:

Discourse analysis, Narrative.

Added Author:

Lightfoot, Cynthia.

Daiute, Colette.

Electronic Access:

Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip046/2003015008.html

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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. Case study examples offer a wide range of research contexts and goals, including: School-based violence prevention Holocaust survivors Undocumented children and families from Mexico Generational trends among women Suicide rates among First Nations youth Narrative Analysis is organized around three approaches or "readings." Literary Readings focus on aesthetic, metaphorical, and other literary qualities inherent to narrative approaches. Social-Relational Readings build upon the idea that narrative discourse is personal but also echoes political, economic, and other material relationships in the environment. Readings through the Force of History explain how narrators come to know themselves and their worlds in terms of and in spite of the received explanations of time and place. Working in a range of ethnic, geographic, generational, class, and institutional communities, the authors demonstrate how they have used narrative inquiry to explore development in challenging social contexts.