What Is Narrative Research? - Couverture rigide

Squire, Professor Corinne; Andrews, Professor Molly; Davis, Dr. Mark; Esin, Dr. Cigdem; Harrison, Prof. Barbara; Hyden, Prof. Lars-Christer; Hydén, Margareta

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1780938535 ISBN 13 : 9781780938530

Editeur : Bloomsbury Academic, 2014

Synopsis

Narrative research has become a catchword in the social sciences today, promising new fields of inquiry and creative solutions to persistent problems. This book brings together ideas about narrative from a variety of contexts across the social sciences and synthesizes understandings of the field. Rather than focusing on theory, it examines how narrative research is conducted and applied. It operates as a practical introductory guide, basic enough for first-time researchers, but also as a window onto the more complex questions and difficulties that all researchers in this area face. The authors guide readers through current debates about how to obtain and analyse narrative data, about the nature of narrative, the place of the researcher, the limits of researcher interpretations, and the significance of narrative work in applied and in broader political contexts.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Narrative research has become a catchword in the social sciences today, promising new fields of inquiry and creative solutions to persistent problems. This book will bring together ideas about narrative from a variety of contexts across the social sciences and synthesizes understandings of the field.

Rather than focusing on theory, the book will examine how narrative research is conducted and applied. It will operate as an introductory guide, simple enough for the beginner, but also as a window onto the more complex questions and difficulties that all researchers in this area face.

It will guide readers through current debates not just about how to obtain and analyse narrative data, but about the nature of narrative, the place of the researcher, the limits of researcher interpretations, and the significance of narrative work in applied and in broader political contexts.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Molly Andrews, Mark Davis, Cigdem Esin, Barbara Harrison, Lars-Christer Hyden, Margareta Hyden & Corinne Squire are all based at the Centre for Narrative Research, University of East London, UK. The Centre for Narrative Research (CNR) is the leading international centre for narrative work in the social sciences. CNR aims to generate and develop innovative narrative research of all kinds, and to bring narrative researchers from all over the world into productive dialogue.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Bloomsbury Academic
• Date d'édition: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1780938535
• ISBN 13: 9781780938530
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 168