Narrative Research in Practice Stories from the Field [Hardcover]

This book directly addresses the multiplicity and complexity of narrative research by illustrating a variety of avenues to pursuing and publishing research that falls under the umbrella of narrative work. The chapters are drawn from a wide range of disciplines including education, literary studies, cultural studies, music and clinical studies. Each chapter considers a particular methodological issue or approach, illustrating how it was addressed in the course of the research. Each of the chapters concludes with a set of discussion exercises and a further reading list. The book offers a valuable resource for established researchers seeking to expand their methodological and theoretical repertoire, and for graduate students and researchers new to narrative methods.Chapter 1 Narrative research in practice: Navigating the terrain.- Chapter 2 Autoethography: Is my own story narrative research?.- Chapter 3 Saying goodbye to Mr Chips: Masculinity, narrative and identity construction.- Chapter 4 Critical junctures in narrative research: Collaborative reflections on methodological issues.- Chapter 5 If you see what I mean? Visual narratives - stories told through, with and by visual images.- Chapter 6 Where words fail: Storying audio-visual data.- Chapter 7 Sensual, sensory and sensational narratives.- Chapter 8 Who is asking the questions? Using co-constructed interviews in the study of Perceived Discrimination from a discourse analytical perspective.- Chapter 9 Insights into Disability and Giftedness: Narrative methodologies in interviewing young people identified as twice exceptional.- Chapter 10 The IELTS roller coaster: Stories of hope, stress, success, and despair.- Chapter 11 The power and possiblity of narrative research: Challenges and opportunities.