Narrative Inquiry provides both a new theoretical orientation and a set of practical techniques that students and experienced researchers can use to conduct narrative research. Explaining the principles of what she terms "dynamic narrating," author Colette Daiute provides an approach to narrative inquiry that builds on practices of daily life where we use storytelling to connect with other people, deal with social structures, make sense of surrounding events, and craft our own way of fitting in with various contexts. Throughout the book, Daiute illustrates and applies narrative inquiry with a wide variety of examples, practical activities, charts, suggestions for interpreting analyses, and tips on writing up results. Narrative Inquiry integrates cultural-historical activity, discourse theories (including critical discourse theory and conversation analysis), and interdisciplinary research on narrative as applied to a range of research projects in different cultural settings.

About the Author
Colette Daiute, Professor of Psychology at the Graduate Center, City University and teaches courses on theory, research, and methods in the human sciences. She has conducted research in diverse settings, including community centers, educational institutions, human rights organizations, television and computer technology environments, and informal community gatherings. The author of Human Development and Political Violence (Cambridge University Press), Narrative Inquiry: A Dynamic Approach (SAGE) and co-editor/author of International Perspectives on Youth Conflict and Development (Oxford University Press), and Narrative Analysis: Studying the Development of Individuals in Society (SAGE), Colette Daiute has published articles in a range of scholarly journals, including Global Studies Journal, International Journal of Intercultural Relations, Narrative Inquiry, and Journal of Social Issues. In addition to teaching courses such as "Narrative Inquiry" and "Human Development and Globalization," she is Co-Director of the "Narrating Change" Seminar of the Center of the Humanities at the Graduate Center, CUNY. http://www.colettedaiute.org

Reviews
This book offers the reader layered explanations of the processes and techniques involved in narrative inquiry with a new level of specificity that does not reduce the data analysis process to a formulaic activity, but rather provides the essential scaffolding needed to advance a more sophisticated analysis. It is well-organized conceptually, clearly written, and accessible. -- Thalia M. Mulvihill
Daiute brings a lot of clarity to what has been a "fuzzy" field of inquiry. The many examples from her personal research connect the strategies she offers to actual studies. I recommend this text to other scholars working in narrative inquiry for their classes and/or guidance of their own research. -- Mary Louise Gomez



Book Information
ISBN 9781452274485
Author Colette Daiute
Format Paperback
Page Count 320
Imprint SAGE Publications Inc
Publisher SAGE Publications Inc
Weight(grams) 550g