Amia Lieblich

ʿAmiyah Liybliyk

Rivka Tuval-Mashiach

Tamar Zilber

A concise volume aimed at researchers and academics in sociology, anthropology, psychology and interpersonal communication.

Reading, Analysis, and Interpretation

Narrative Research

Ruthellen Josselson

How do we derive concepts from stories and then use these concepts to understand people? What would have to be added to transform story material from the journalistic or literary to the academic and theoretically enriching? Addressing these and other issues such as the interface between life as lived and the social times, distinguished contributors explore this emerging new field in this unique volume. Beginning with the philosophical framework that underlies the study of narrative, the book covers such questions as: what makes people want to preserve the stories of their past? What methods can be used to deconstruct a narrative text? Can what we learn from people's narratives of their past be used to account for their curr

The Narrative Study of Lives

The sixth volume in this series provides: guides for doing qualitative research; analysis of several autobiographies; hints on how to interpret what is not said in narrative interviews; discussion on how cultural meanings and values are transmitted across generations; and illustrations of the transformational power of stories.

Amia Lieblich

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