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Featuring contributions from leading scholars in the field, The Handbook of Narrative Analysis is the first comprehensive collection of sociolinguistic scholarship on narrative analysis to be published. Organized thematically to provide an accessible guide for how to engage with narrative without prescribing a rigid analytic frameworkRepresents established modes of narrative analysis juxtaposed with innovative new methods for conducting narrative researchIncludes coverage of the latest advances in narrative analysis, from work on social media to small stories researchIntroduces and exemplifies a practice-based approach to narrative analysis that separates narrative from text so as to broaden the field beyond the printed page

Table of Contents

Transcription Conventions vii

Notes on Contributors ix

Introduction 1
Anna De Fina and Alexandra Georgakopoulou

Part I Narrative Foundations: Knowledge, Learning, and Experience 19

1 Narrative as a Mode of Understanding: Method, Theory, Praxis 21
Mark Freeman

2 Story Ownership and Entitlement 38
Amy Shuman

3 Narrating and Arguing: From Plausibility to Local Moves 57
Isolda E. Carranza

4 Narrative, Cognition, and Socialization 76
Masahiko Minami

5 Narrative Knowledging in Second Language Teaching and Learning Contexts 97
Gary Barkhuizen

Part II Time‐Space Organization 117

6 Narrative and Space/Time 119
Mike Baynham

7 Chronotopes: Time and Space in Oral Narrative 140
Sabina Perrino

8 Narratives Across Speech Events 160
Stanton Wortham and Catherine R. Rhodes

9 Analyzing Narrative Genres 178
Matti Hyvärinen

Part III Narrative Interaction 195

10 Narrative as Talk‐in‐Interaction 197
Charles Goodwin

11 Entering the Hall of Mirrors: Reflexivity and Narrative Research 219
Catherine Kohler Riessman

12 The Role of the Researcher in Interview Narratives 239
Stef Slembrouck

13 Small Stories Research: Methods – Analysis – Outreach 255
Alexandra Georgakopoulou

Part IV Stories in Social Practices 273

14 Narratives and Stories in Organizational Life 275
Yiannis Gabriel

15 Narrative, Institutional Processes, and Gendered Inequalities 293
Susan Ehrlich

16 Narratives in Family Contexts 311
Cynthia Gordon

17 The Narrative Dimensions of Social Media Storytelling: Options for Linearity and Tellership 329
Ruth Page

Part V Performing Self, Positioning Others 349

18 Narrative and Identities 351
Anna De Fina

19 Positioning 369
Arnulf Deppermann

20 Narrative and Cultural Identities: Performing and Aligning with Figures of Personhood 388
Michele Koven

21 Social Identity Theory and the Discursive Analysis of Collective Identities in Narratives 408
Dorien Van De Mieroop

22 Narrative Bodies, Embodied Narratives 429
Emily Heavey

Index 447

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      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Publication Date: 01/02/2019
      ISBN13: 9781119052142, 978-1119052142
      ISBN10: 1119052149

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Featuring contributions from leading scholars in the field, The Handbook of Narrative Analysis is the first comprehensive collection of sociolinguistic scholarship on narrative analysis to be published. Organized thematically to provide an accessible guide for how to engage with narrative without prescribing a rigid analytic frameworkRepresents established modes of narrative analysis juxtaposed with innovative new methods for conducting narrative researchIncludes coverage of the latest advances in narrative analysis, from work on social media to small stories researchIntroduces and exemplifies a practice-based approach to narrative analysis that separates narrative from text so as to broaden the field beyond the printed page

      Table of Contents

      Transcription Conventions vii

      Notes on Contributors ix

      Introduction 1
      Anna De Fina and Alexandra Georgakopoulou

      Part I Narrative Foundations: Knowledge, Learning, and Experience 19

      1 Narrative as a Mode of Understanding: Method, Theory, Praxis 21
      Mark Freeman

      2 Story Ownership and Entitlement 38
      Amy Shuman

      3 Narrating and Arguing: From Plausibility to Local Moves 57
      Isolda E. Carranza

      4 Narrative, Cognition, and Socialization 76
      Masahiko Minami

      5 Narrative Knowledging in Second Language Teaching and Learning Contexts 97
      Gary Barkhuizen

      Part II Time‐Space Organization 117

      6 Narrative and Space/Time 119
      Mike Baynham

      7 Chronotopes: Time and Space in Oral Narrative 140
      Sabina Perrino

      8 Narratives Across Speech Events 160
      Stanton Wortham and Catherine R. Rhodes

      9 Analyzing Narrative Genres 178
      Matti Hyvärinen

      Part III Narrative Interaction 195

      10 Narrative as Talk‐in‐Interaction 197
      Charles Goodwin

      11 Entering the Hall of Mirrors: Reflexivity and Narrative Research 219
      Catherine Kohler Riessman

      12 The Role of the Researcher in Interview Narratives 239
      Stef Slembrouck

      13 Small Stories Research: Methods – Analysis – Outreach 255
      Alexandra Georgakopoulou

      Part IV Stories in Social Practices 273

      14 Narratives and Stories in Organizational Life 275
      Yiannis Gabriel

      15 Narrative, Institutional Processes, and Gendered Inequalities 293
      Susan Ehrlich

      16 Narratives in Family Contexts 311
      Cynthia Gordon

      17 The Narrative Dimensions of Social Media Storytelling: Options for Linearity and Tellership 329
      Ruth Page

      Part V Performing Self, Positioning Others 349

      18 Narrative and Identities 351
      Anna De Fina

      19 Positioning 369
      Arnulf Deppermann

      20 Narrative and Cultural Identities: Performing and Aligning with Figures of Personhood 388
      Michele Koven

      21 Social Identity Theory and the Discursive Analysis of Collective Identities in Narratives 408
      Dorien Van De Mieroop

      22 Narrative Bodies, Embodied Narratives 429
      Emily Heavey

      Index 447

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