Varieties of Narrative Analysis
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Narrative research has become increasingly popular in the social sciences. While no part of the process is easy, researchers often struggle to make sense of data that can seem chaotic and without a discernable pattern. This book shows how to analyze stories, storytelling, and stories in society, bringing together a variety of approaches to both texts and narrative practice under one cover.
ISBN
9781412987554
Publication Date
2015
Publisher
SAGE Publications
City
Los Angeles
Disciplines
Sociology
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgments xi
About the Editors xiii
Introduction: Establishing a Balance 1
Reemergent Interest 2
Adjusting the Balance 3
Theoretical Sensibilities and Analytic Strategies 5
References 10
pt. I Analyzing Stories
1. Exploring Psychological Themes Through Life-Narrative Accounts / Dan P. McAdams 15
Narrative in the Context of Discovery 17
Narrative in the Context of Justification 20
Using Narratives to Test Extant Theories 25
Conclusion 29
References 30
2. Practicing Dialogical Narrative Analysis / Arthur W. Frank 33
Five Commitments 34
Doing Dialogical Narrative Analysis 37
Animating Interest 37
Varieties of Fieldwork 38
Collecting Stories 40
Deciding What Is a Story 41
Selecting Stories for Analysis: Practicing Phronesis 43
Opening Up Analysis 44
Building a Typology 46
Possible Endings 49
References 50
3. Narrative Analysis as an Embodied Engagement With the Lives of Others / Brett Smith 53
Analysis, Indwelling, and Embodiment 54
Becoming Aware of Fear 58
Between Us: Experiencing Embodied Chaos 61
By Andrew 61
By Brett 62
Questioning Empathy 64
Reflections 64
Corporeal Engagement 65
The Limits of Empathy 68
Acknowledgments 70
References 70
4. On Quantitative Narrative Analysis / Roberto Franzosi 75
The Rhetorician's Story 76
The Linguist's Story 78
The Journalist's Story 80
John King's Story 82
Quantitative Narrative Analysis (QNA) 83
Step 1 Narratives 84
Step 2 Story Grammar 84
Step 3 PC-ACE (Program for Computer-Assisted Coding of Events) 86
Step 4 Data Analysis 86
Epilogue 89
Acknowledgments 91
References 91
pt. II Analyzing Storytelling
5. Narrative Practice and Identity Navigation / Michael Bamberg 99
Who-are-you-Dave? 99
Six Premises of the Narrative Practice Perspective 101
Narrative Practice and Identity Navigation 103
Constancy and Change Across Time 103
Sameness versus Difference 104
Agency 106
Narrative Practices With No Story 106
Background Information 107
What Analyzing Narrative Practices Reveals 119
Conclusion 121
References 122
6. Exploring Narrative Interaction in Multiple Contexts / Amy Shuman 125
Approaches to Interactive Narrative 126
Tellability/Reportability 129
Ownership, Entitlement, and Footing 131
Uses of Genres, Performance Styles, and Reported Speech 135
Intertextuality and Dialogic Narration 139
Narrative and Social/Political Membership Categories 141
Conclusions: On Narrative Interaction, Narrative Circulation, and Trauma Narrative 142
References 145
7. Speaker Roles in Personal Narratives / Michele Koven 151
Speech Events and Speaker Roles 152
Singly Voiced Roles 154
Narrator Role 154
Interlocutor Role 156
Character Role 157
Double Voicing of Speaker Roles 158
Interlocutor-Narrator 159
Narrator-Character 160
Interlocutor-Character 160
Context of Narrative Telling 165
Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Story 169
Interlocutory Setup 170
Interlocutory Presentation of Habitual There-and-Then Events: Portuguese Gossip 171
Portuguese Elders' Reaction to and Condemnation of M's Public Display of Affection 171
M's Interlocutor-Character Condemnation of Portuguese Elders' Interference 172
M's Presentation of Her Parents' Divided Loyalties 172
M's Narration and Enactment of Her and Her Boyfriend's Exasperation 173
M's Description of Neighbors' Constraining Oversight 173
Summary of Qualitative Analysis of Speaker Roles 174
Applications Beyond the Single Narrative 175
References 176
8. Situational Context and Interaction in a Folklorist's Ethnographic Approach to Storytelling / Ray Cashman 181
The Americanist Tradition, the Ethnography of Communication, and Performance Studies 182
Fieldwork in the North of Ireland 185
An Exemplary Ceili 188
Interactional Patterns and Interpretation 194
Interaction, Reflexivity, and Invisible Elements of Context 197
References 200
pt. III Analyzing Stories in Society
9. Analyzing the Implicit in Stories / Julka Almquist 207
The Logic of Rhetoric 209
Steps to Rhetorical Analysis of Stories 211
Example: Orange County Great Park State of the Park Address 211
Story 1 213
Story 2 214
Story 3 215
What Did We Learn About the Great Park From This Analysis? 216
Advice About Doing Rhetorical Analysis 217
Narrative Network Analysis 219
Creating Narrative Networks 221
What Did We Learn About the Great Park From This Analysis? 224
What We Learned About Narrative Network Analysis 225
Conclusion 226
References 226
10. Analyzing Popular Beliefs About Storytelling / Francesca Polletta 229
Stories and Reasons in Public Deliberation 232
The Project 232
Analyzing Why People Tell Stories 237
Analyzing When People Do Not Use Stories 242
Analytic Lessons 245
References 248
11. The Empirical Analysis of Formula Stories / Donileen R. Loseke 251
Images of Stories 252
General Issues in the Empirical Analysis of Formula Stories 254
Specific Issues in Formula Stories as Data 255
Case Study: A Formula Story of the "Teenage Mother" 257
I. Establishing Social Context 257
II. Close Reading 258
III. Categorizing Explicit Descriptions of Story Characters 260
IV. Unpacking Symbolic and Emotion Codes 262
Examining the Contents of Formula Stories 264
References 265
12. Analyzing the Social Life of Personal Experience Stories / Tamar Katriel 273
Heritage Museums as Storytelling Arenas 276
Call-In Radio Programs as Storytelling Occasions 281
Storytelling in Soldiers' Testimonial Rhetoric 284
Concluding Remarks 287
References 290
Author Index 293
Subject Index 299
About the Contributors 307