| Narrative Analysis: Studying the Development of Individuals in Society Contributor(s): Daiute, Colette (Author), Lightfoot, Cynthia G. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0761927972 ISBN-13: 9780761927976 Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc OUR PRICE: $143.45 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2003 Annotation: Click 'Additional Materials' for downloadable sample chapterNarrative 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 explanationsof 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. Key Features: - Offers examples of narrative analysis by experienced researchers working on different aspects of human development across socio-cultural and historical contexts - Provides international perspectives on research, analysis, and development across diverse cultural contexts - Shows how narrative analysis can distinguish perspectives and issues not often identified in other research traditions - Defines development as an interaction of multiple levels of analysis???cultural, historical, institutional, and personal - Draws on a range of theoretical perspectives about narrative in the social sciences, creating a diverse set of resources and a dialectic across the chapters in the volume - Conceptualizes units of analysis that integrate individual and institution as theoretical rationales and interpretive tools |
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| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Research & Methodology - Social Science | Research |
| Dewey: 401.41 |
| LCCN: 2003015008 |
| Physical Information: 0.88" H x 6.38" W x 9.26" (1.22 lbs) 320 pages |
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| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Lightfoot, Cynthia G.: - Cynthia Lightfoot is a Professor and Program Director of Human Development and Family Studies at Penn State University, Brandywine. She received her B.A. from the University of California, Santa Cruz, her M.A. from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, and her Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.Daiute, Colette: - Colette Daiute, Professor of Psychology at the Graduate Center, City University and teaches courses on theory, research, and methods in the human sciences. She has conducted research in diverse settings, including community centers, educational institutions, human rights organizations, television and computer technology environments, and informal community gatherings. The author of Human Development and Political Violence (Cambridge University Press), Narrative Inquiry: A Dynamic Approach (SAGE) and co-editor/author of International Perspectives on Youth Conflict and Development (Oxford University Press), and Narrative Analysis: Studying the Development of Individuals in Society (SAGE), Colette Daiute has published articles in a range of scholarly journals, including Global Studies Journal, International Journal of Intercultural Relations, Narrative Inquiry, and Journal of Social Issues. In addition to teaching courses such as "Narrative Inquiry" and "Human Development and Globalization," she is Co-Director of the "Narrating Change" Seminar of the Center of the Humanities at the Graduate Center, CUNY. http: //www.colettedaiute.org
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