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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Catherine Kohler Riessman is Research Professor in the Department of Sociology at Boston College, and an Emerita Professor at Boston University. She serves as a Visiting Fellow in the Centre for Narrative Research, University of East London. She earned a Ph.D. in Sociomedical Science from Columbia University. Riessman has authored four books and numerous articles and book chapters in medical sociology and qualitative methodologies.
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Riessman's Narrative Analysis is an excellent tool for those beginning research using narratives as the primary source of data and/or conducting ethnographic inquiry. Written in clear, accessible language the text introduces readers to the advantages of using narratives in research, the current debates in use of narratives, and the various perspectives on narrative inquiry. More than anything, the text provides an overview of current paradigms and schools of thought. Though many additions have been made to the area of inquiry since the book was written in 1993, it nonetheless provides a great introduction to the use of narrative in research and the reading of texts based on narratives. Further, Riessman is not afraid to cross disciplinary boundaries. Weaving together semiotics, feminist theory, post positivist schools of thought, hermeneutics, anthropology, and sociology, she provides a basic framework that, if not exhaustive, at least gives a picture of the current state-of-the-art. The references section alone is worth the cost of the book!
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Narrative Analysis by Catherine Kohler Riessman presents the reader with a strong rationale for conducting qualitative research in the humanities from the perspective of the personal experience narrative. Notions of re-presenting to a reader or audience from personal lived experience in order to make meaning from that experience is a theme often stated in this monograph. Vivid examples are given throughout the text, making the theoretical come alive for the reader. Not only is the book written in a friendly style, but the examples yield practicality for a researcher as well. I have used the methodology that Riessman describes for several years with significant success.
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I'm very glad I invested in this book. It is clear and concise and gives a highly readable and approachable introduction to narrative analysis. It is divided into three sections: theory, practical examples (critical reviews of three different narrative analyses) and a 'how to' section. The book isn't very long so the reader isn't distracted by excessive and possibly over complicated content.
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- The Sociology of Health and Illness: A Reader (Routledge Student Readers) by Michael Bury in Back Matter
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- Internal Medicine (Solving Patient Problems In) by William J. Mitchell in Back Matter
- The Sociology of Health and Illness (BSA New Horizons in Sociology) by Gareth Williams in Back Matter
- Health and Illness (Polity Short Introductions) by Mike Bury in Back Matter
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- On Listening to Holocaust Survivors: Recounting and Life History by Henry Greenspan in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Discourse as Data: A Guide for Analysis (Published in association with The Open University) by Margaret Wetherell on page 4, and Back Matter
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