Handbook of Narrative Inquiry : Mapping a Methodology

by D. Jean Clandinin

• ISBN13: 9781412915625
• ISBN10: 1412915627
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-12-28
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc

Summary

Composed by international researchers, the Handbook of Narrative Inquiry: Mapping a Methodology is the first comprehensive and interdisciplinary overview of the developing methodology of narrative inquiry. The Handbook outlines the historical development and philosophical underpinnings of narrative inquiry as well as describes different forms of narrative inquiry. This one-of-a-kind volume offers an emerging map of the field and encourages further dialogue, discussion, and experimentation as the field continues to develop. Key Features:   Offers coverage of various disciplines and viewpoints from around the world: Leading international contributors draw upon narrative inquiry as conceptualized in Anthropology, Sociology, Psychology, and Philosophy. Illustrates the range of forms of narrative inquiry: Both conceptual and practical in-depth descriptions of narrative inquiry are presented. Portrays how narrative inquiry is used in research in different professional fields: Particular attention is paid to representational issues, ethical issues, and some of the complexities of narrative inquiry with indigenous and cross-cultural participants as well as child participants.   Intended Audience:    The Handbook of Narrative Inquiry is a must have resource for narrative methodologists and students of narrative inquiry across the social sciences. Individuals in the fields of Nursing, Psychology, Anthropology, Education, Social Work, Sociology, Organizational Studies, and Health research will be particularly well served by this masterful work.

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Situating Narrative Inquiry

Locating narrative inquiry historically: Thematics in the turn to narrative

Mapping a landscape of narrative inquiry: Borderland spaces and tensions

Starting With Telling Stories

Narrative inquiry in archival work

The unsayable, Lacanian psychoanalysis, and the art of narrative interviewing

Autobiographical understanding and narrative inquiry

Talking to learn: The critical role of conversation in narrative inquiry

Charting the life story's path: Narrative identity across the life span

The language of arts in a narrative inquiry landscape

The life story interview as a bridge in narrative inquiry

Starting With Living Stories

Relational reverberations: Shaping and reshaping narrative inquiries in the midst of storied lives and contexts

Composing a visual narrative inquiry

My story is my living educational theory

From Wilda to Disney: Living stories in family and organization research

Narrative Inquiry in the Professions

Studying teachers' lives and experience: Narrative inquiry into K-12 teaching

Narrative inquiry in and about organizations

Acted narratives: From storytelling to emergent dramas

Narrative inquiry in the psychotherapy professions: A critical review

Understanding young children's personal narratives: What I have learned from young children?s sharing time narratives in a Taiwanese kindergarten classroom

Exploring cross-cultural boundaries

Mo'olelo: On culturally relevant story making from an indigenous perspective

Narrating Persisting Issues in Narrative Inquiry

The ethical attitude in narrative research: Principles and practicalities

In-forming re-presentations

Future Possibilities

Narrative inquiry: What possible future influence on policy and practice?

Looking ahead: Conversations with Elliot Mishler

Author Index

Subject Index

About the Editor

About the Contributors

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