"Narrative Methods for the Human Sciences is a well-written, profoundly useful guide to four of the main narrative methods: (a) oral narratives derived from interviews; (b) narratives derived from archival materials such as diaries, letters, and other documents; (c) ethnographic observations as compiled from field notes; and (d) visual media (in combination with text or not) such as videotaped interactions, paintings, and photographs.
Narrative Methods for the Human Sciences provides an accessible framework for researchers — to analyse narrative texts with confidence, empathy, and humility.
To support those doing narrative methods
Continues to be an excellent resource for narrative research students.
useful text for students choosing qualitative methods
Comprehensive, full of examples, a great text for students, and researchers.
Still a core book in narrative research.
Good additional reading for our RM modules
This book would be an important text for those who are contemplating using narrative methods as part of further study such as Masters or PhD.
This offers useful material for thinking through the process of doing narrative interviews.
Excellent resource for this developing edition to qualitative methods.
This book is essential reading for anyone doing narrative research at MA and EdD level. I liked the chapters which explores separately the different approaches to analyse the narratives.
This is a wonderful book; however, it was not quite what we needed.
Provides a solid overview - could be focused more on politics/IR for my course but it will be on my reading list.
An excellent text for those both new to and more experienced in narrative research methods. Clear explanation of techniques and excellent summaries which distinguish, in some detail, the distinctions between narrative and other qualitative approaches.
For the students in my PhD-level qualitative research courses who choose to do narrative studies, this text is a favorite for its conceptual clarity and practical suggestions.
Very well written book and I came away understanding a lot more clearly what narrative research was about!
A sound text to illustrate the value of this approach to research
Reissman is a seminal text for anyone wanting to know more about narrative research. She gives insight into different methods of collecting and analysing data using her own and others experiences. There are plenty of references for further reading
A good, well written and digestible overview of a range of narrative approaches - the perfect first port-of-call for students interested in exploring this approach.