The Narrative Study of Lives

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Reference, Research, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
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Author: ISBN: 9781506320649
Publisher: SAGE Publications Publication: March 31, 1993
Imprint: SAGE Publications, Inc Language: English
Author:
ISBN: 9781506320649
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Publication: March 31, 1993
Imprint: SAGE Publications, Inc
Language: English

How do we derive concepts from stories and then use these concepts to understand people? What would have to be added to transform story material from the journalistic or literary to the academic and theoretically enriching? Addressing these and other issues such as the interface between life as lived and the social times, distinguished contributors explore this emerging new field in this unique volume.

Beginning with the philosophical framework that underlies the study of narrative, the book covers such questions as: what makes people want to preserve the stories of their past? What methods can be used to deconstruct a narrative text? Can what we learn from people's narratives of their past be used to account for their curr

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How do we derive concepts from stories and then use these concepts to understand people? What would have to be added to transform story material from the journalistic or literary to the academic and theoretically enriching? Addressing these and other issues such as the interface between life as lived and the social times, distinguished contributors explore this emerging new field in this unique volume.

Beginning with the philosophical framework that underlies the study of narrative, the book covers such questions as: what makes people want to preserve the stories of their past? What methods can be used to deconstruct a narrative text? Can what we learn from people's narratives of their past be used to account for their curr

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