Narrative methods for the human sciences

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‘Riessman updates, expands, and to some degree reconceptualizes her 1993 SAGE book, “Narrative Analysis”, which has probably been the most cited methodological source for narrative research. The new version deserves even greater success than its predecessor…The greatest virtue of Riessman’s book, for my taste, is her refusal to reduce method to procedure’ – “Canadian Journal of Sociology”. Catherine Kohler Riessman provides a lively overview of qualitative research based on interpreting stories. Designed to improve research practice, it provides detailed discussions of four analytic methods: thematic analysis, structural analysis, dialogic/performance analysis, and visual narrative analysis. Broad in scope, “Narrative Methods for the Human Sciences” offers concrete guidance for students and established scholars wanting to join the ‘narrative turn’ in social research. It offers guidance for interviewing and transcription: the author discusses the move from spoken language to written transcript. In the proces