The Life Story Interview Paperback / softback
by Robert G. Atkinson
Part of the Qualitative Research Methods series
Paperback / softback
Description
First-person narratives are a fundamental tool of the qualitative researcher.
One of the latest volumes in the Qualitative Research Methods series, The Life Story Interview provides specific suggestions and guidelines for preparing and executing a life story interview.
Author Robert Atkinson, Director of the Center for the Study of Lives at the University of Southern Maine, places the life story interview into a wider research context before moving on to planning and conducting the interview.
Atkinson carefully covers the classic functions of stories, the research uses of life stories, generating data from a life story, and the art and science of life story interviewing.
He also thoroughly examines the potential benefits of sharing a life story, getting the information desired and questions to ask, and transcribing and interpreting the interview.
To provide further support for the reader, the book concludes with a sample life story interview. As the use and study of narratives continues to grow in importance throughout the research enterprise, The Life Story Interview becomes an even-more valuable tool for qualitative researchers in all disciplines.
Information
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Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:104 pages
- Publisher:SAGE Publications Inc
- Publication Date:13/02/1998
- Category:
- ISBN:9780761904281
Information
-
Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:104 pages
- Publisher:SAGE Publications Inc
- Publication Date:13/02/1998
- Category:
- ISBN:9780761904281
