TY - BOOK TI - Life history and narrative SN - 9780750704052 U1 - 809HAT PY - 1995/// CY - London PB - Falmer Press KW - Discourse analysis, Narrative N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - Narrative inquiry refers to a subset of qualitative research design in which stories are used to describe human action. This book contains current ideas in this emerging field of research. Chapters include a qualitative analysis of narrative data; criteria for evaluating narrative inquiry, linking emotion and reason through narrative voice, audience and the politics of narrative; trust in educational storytelling; narrative strategies for case reports; life history narratives and women's gender identity; and issues in life history and narrative inquiry. This text is intended to be of interest to all qualitative researchers and education researchers studying forms of narrative ER -