The most significant truths about human beings are to be found in the stories of their lives. But what happens to those stories and to the people whose lives are told when a researcher seeks to make those stories known? Ruthellen Josselson has assembled an international cast of scholars to reflect o...

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Weitere Verfasser:	Josselson, Ruthellen 1946- (HerausgeberIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Thousand Oaks, Calif. [u.a.] Sage Publ. 1996
Schriftenreihe:	The narrative study of lives 4
Schlagworte:	Biographies - Aspect psychologique Discours narratif Ethische aspecten Interviewen Persoonsbeschrijving Présentation de soi Psychologie - Méthode biographique Ethik Psychologie Biography > Psychological aspects Discourse analysis, Narrative Psychology > Biographical methods Self-presentation Narratives Interview Aufsatzsammlung Biografie
Zusammenfassung:	The most significant truths about human beings are to be found in the stories of their lives. But what happens to those stories and to the people whose lives are told when a researcher seeks to make those stories known? Ruthellen Josselson has assembled an international cast of scholars to reflect on the process of life-narrative study and the ethical dilemmas that face researchers whose very mode of narrative inquiry may involve a violation of another and unwittingly lead to a sense of betrayal, shame, or guilt. In these disarmingly candid and engaging essays, narrative researchers of many different stripes talk about the morally delicate and epistemologically precarious enterprise of telling another's story. The authors raise fascinating questions about who ultimately controls the tellings, what happens to stories once they are told, and why stories influence not only the people whose lives are told but also the tellers themselves, whose own professional and personal lives may even be captured by or appropriated into the stories they are aiming to tell. This volume is essential for researchers, professionals, and students in research methods, including qualitative methods, developmental psychology, education, relationships, and language and discourse analysis.
Beschreibung:	XVIII, 293 S.
ISBN:	0761902368 0761902376