Understanding Narrative Inquiry

The Crafting and Analysis of Stories as Research

Jeong-Hee Kim

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Year: 2015
• Print ISBN:
  9781452282787
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781506317229
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Social Science Research & Methodology
• Index: Social Sciences

This comprehensive, thought-provoking introduction to narrative inquiry in the social and human sciences guides readers through the entire narrative inquiry process—from locating narrative inquiry in the interdisciplinary context, through the philosophical and theoretical underpinnings, to narrative research design, data collection (excavating stories), data analysis and interpretation, and theorizing narrative meaning. Six extracts from exemplary studies, together with questions for discussion, are provided to show how to put theory into practice. Rich in stories from the author?s own research endeavors and incorporating chapter-opening vignettes that illustrate a graduate student?s research dilemma, the book not only accompanies readers through the complex process of narrative inquiry with ample examples, but also helps raise their consciousness about what it means to be a qualitative researcher and a narrative inquirer in particular. 

This book has received the 2017 Outstanding Publication Award from the Narrative Research Special Interest Group (SIG) of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). The award honors research-based texts dedicated to advancing the educational process through research or scholarly inquiry.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Acknowledgements
• Title Page
• Publisher Note
• Acknowledgements
• Copyright Page
• Brief Contents
• Detailed Contents
• About the Author
• Preface
• Chapter 1 Locating Narrative Inquiry in the Interdisciplinary Context
• Chapter 2 Philosophical/Theoretical Underpinnings of Narrative Inquiry
• Chapter 3 Narrative Research DesignEngaging in Aesthetic Play
• Chapter 4 Narrative Research GenresMediating Stories Into Being
• Chapter 5 Narrative Data Collection MethodsExcavating Stories
• Chapter 6 Narrative Data Analysis and Interpretation“Flirting” With Data
• Chapter 7 Narrative CodaTheorizing Narrative Meaning
• Chapter 8 Critical Issues in Narrative InquiryLooking Into a Kaleidoscope
• Chapter 9 Examples of Narrative InquiryTheory Into Practice
• Chapter 10 Epilogue
• Glossary
• References
• Index