Ethics and Process in the Narrative Study of Lives

By: Josselson, Ruthellen

Book Overview

First-hand accounts of the ideological, moral, emotional and practical complexities that surround the doing of narrative research are offered in this volume.

Exploring such issues as: whether work that risks exposing sensitive aspects of peoples′ lives can ever be fully ethical; what effect being written about has on people; the line between narrative research and psychotherapy; and the after-effects of this research on the researcher, the contributions reveal the struggles and anxieties that narrative researchers face.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761902376
• ISBN13: 9780761902379
• Release Date: March 1996
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Incorporated
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.6"