Interpreting Experience: The Narrative Study of Lives

Interpreting Experience: The Narrative Study of Lives
ISBN-10
1452246971
ISBN-13
9781452246970
Category
Social Science
Pages
280
Language
English
Published
1995-03-21
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Authors
Ruthellen Josselson, Amia Lieblich

Description

The focus of this book is on the role of narrative analysis in the social sciences and in increasing our understanding of human lives and experiences. Contributors address such questions as: Should in-depth interviews become occasions in which to ask for life stories so as to enhance a study of social phenomena? Can a richer approach to psychological understanding be reached by studying how experience, conscious and unconscious, is organized, interpreted and reshaped throughout the life cycle? How can biographical work be used to shed light on the social construction of individual lives? In addition, the book covers the use of narrative analysis in career biography, in examining turning points in people's lives, in the effe

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