The Narrative Study of Lives: Volume 5 (Volume 5)

Ruthellen Josselson

ISBN 10: 0761903259 / ISBN 13: 9780761903253

Published by Sage Publications, Inc, 1997

About this Item

Volume 5. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. Book contains pencil markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN:9780761903253.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Narrative Study of Lives: Volume 5 (Volume 5)
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0761903259
• ISBN 13: 9780761903253
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Fair
• Weight: 450 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Social Sciences

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Synopsis

The narrative approach is a relevant and enriching technique for uncovering, describing, and interpreting the meaning of experience. This collection explores the challenges of performing narrative work in an academic setting, writing about it in an ethical and revealing fashion, and drawing meaningful conclusions. This stellar collection of scholars examine such topics as how the larger construct of "personality" can be read out of life story; life narratives of reform, i.e., the transition away from delinquent behavior; the importance of cultural continuity for understanding loneliness in elderly refugees; race relations and how it relates to the meaning of the decade in which the interviewees came of age; the experience and meaning of resilience among survivors of childhood sexual abuse; and the use of narrative work as an additional approach within a larger quantitative research project. Amia Lieblich and Ruthellen Josselson provide insight into how the narrative appraoch enriches the study of the rare, the unusual, the common, and the prevalent, always searching for meaning in peopleÆs lives.