Narrative Methods for the Human Sciences provides a\nlively overview of research based on constructing and interpreting\nnarrative. Designed to improve research practice, it provides a\ndetailed discussion of four analytic methods that students can\nadapt. Author Catherine Kohler Riessman explains how to conduct the\nfour kinds of narrative analysis using model studies from\nsociology, anthropology, psychology, education and nursing.\nThroughout the book, she compares different approaches including\nthematic analysis, structural analysis, dialogic/performance\nanalysis, and visual narrative analysis. The book helps students\nconfront specific issues in their research practice, including how\nto construct a transcript in an interview study; complexities of\nworking with materials translated from another language; defining\nnarrative segments; relating text and context; locating oneself as\nthe researcher in a responsible way in an inquiry; and arguing for\nthe credibility of the case-based approach.

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Broad in scope, Narrative Methods for the Human\nSciences also offers concrete guidance in individual chapter\nfor students and established scholars wanting to join the\n“narrative turn” in social research.

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