Narrative Inquiry: Experience and Story in Qualitative Research

Preface

Acknowledgments

The Authors

Prologue

1 Why Narrative? 1

2 Thinking Narratively: A Case at the Boundaries 21

3 Thinking Narratively: Reductionistic and Formalistic Boundaries 34

4 What Do Narrative Inquirers Do? 48

5 Being in the Field: Walking into the Midst of Stories 63

6 From Field to Field Texts: Being in a Place of Stories 80

7 Composing Field Texts 92

8 From Field Texts to Research Texts: Making Meaning of Experience 119

9 Composing Research Texts 138

10 Persistent Concerns in Narrative Inquiry 169

Epilogue 187

References 191

Index 199