Narrative Analysis: Studying the Development of Individuals in Society

Each chapter emphasizes theory and the ways of thinking about research by means of studies that chapter authors have used in their own research. The authors detail how their own research stands as an example of narrative inquiry conducted within a literary, cultural, social, or historical frame. In addition, they explain the problems and limits of narrative analysis, as well as the rationale and methods they found most compelling, with an eye toward improving future inquiry.