Analyzing Narrative Reality

Jaber F. Gubrium is professor and chair of sociology at the University of Missouri. He has an extensive record of research on the social organization of care in human service institutions. His publications include numerous books and articles on aging, family, the life course, medicalization, and representational practice in therapeutic context. James A. Holstein is professor of sociology in the Department of Social and Cultural Sciences at Marquette University. His research and writing projects have addressed social problems, deviance and social control, mental health and illness, family, and the self, all approached from an ethnomethodologically- informed, constructionist perspective.

• PREFACEINTRODUCTIONPART I. NARRATIVE REALITY1. Stories in Society2. Forms of Analysis3. Into the FieldPART II. NARRATIVE WORK4. Activation5. Linkage6. Composition7. Performance8. Collaboration9. ControlPART III. NARRATIVE ENVIRONMENTS10. Close Relationships11. Local Culture12. Status13. Jobs14. Organizations15. IntertextualityPART IV. NARRATIVE ADEQUACY16. What Is a Good Story?17. Who Is a Good Storyteller?AFTERWORDREFERENCES

A very useful text that offers a sensible approach for exploring narratives and considering how to read them in research. Have ordered for the library and am recommending to students for use with qualitative analysis on this course and also for a research project course. Will recommend for the EdD course too.