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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450253403321

Autore

Czarniawska-Joerges Barbara

Titolo

Narratives in social science research [[electronic resource] /] / Barbara Czarniawska

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : SAGE, 2004

ISBN

1-4462-2595-X

1-84920-950-2

1-280-36867-5

9786610368679

1-4129-3176-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (168 p.)

Collana

Introducing qualitative methods

Disciplina

300.72

Soggetti

Social sciences - Research - Methodology

Social sciences - Methodology

Discourse analysis, Narrative

Storytelling

Narration (Rhetoric) - Social aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 - The 'Narrative Turn' in Social Studies; Chapter 2 - How Stories are Made; Chapter 3 - Collecting Stories; Chapter 4 - Narratives in an Interview Situation; Chapter 5 - Reading Narratives; Chapter 6 - Structural Analyses; Chapter 7 - Close Readings: Poststructuralism, Interruption, Deconstruction; Chapter 8 - Reading Social Science; Chapter 9 - Writing Social Science; Chapter 10 - Narrativizing Social Sciences; Glossary; References; Author Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

This text introduces students to the use of narrative methodology as a research tool. It offers a useful and rigorous framework for the application of these devices within qualitative research.