| Narrative Research: Reading, Analysis, and Interpretation Contributor(s): Lieblich, Amia (Author), Tuval-Mashiach, Rivka (Author), Zilber, Tamar (Author) |
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ISBN: 0761910433 ISBN-13: 9780761910435 Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc OUR PRICE: $64.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1998 Annotation: What is the most effective way for a researcher to read and analyze life-story materials? Using a new model for the classification of types of readings, Narrative Research shows readers how to read, analyze and interpret life story materials. The authors first introduce readers to four models of reading and interpreting a text: the holistic-content reading, the holistic-form reading, categorical-content reading, and categorical-form reading. They next present two complete narratives so that readers can compare the author??'s interpretations against the actual text as well as try to analyze the stories on their own. The subsequent chapters provide readings, interpretations, and analyses of the narrative data from the four models. Each of the examples is highlighted by sharing with the reader some of the processes of the researcher??? work, including various considerations, doubts, self-criticism, and dialogues about the narratives. Readers wanting to learn more about life story research will not only learn the tools for doing this analysis, but will be inspired to contribute their own creativity to this developing field. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Research - Reference | Research - Biography & Autobiography |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 98009071 |
| Series: Applied Social Research Methods |
| Physical Information: 0.52" H x 5.58" W x 8.68" (0.63 lbs) 200 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Using a new model for the classification of types of readings, this book shows how to read, analyze and interpret life story materials. The authors introduce four models: holistic-content reading; holistic-form reading; categorical-content reading; and categorical-form reading. They present two complete narratives so that readers can compare the authors′ interpretations against the actual text as well as analyze the stories on their own. The subsequent chapters provide readings, interpretations and analyses of the narrative data from the models. |