Life history and narrative: questions, issues, and exemplary works

Abstract

This chapter reports findings from an analysis of answers to questions sent to a group of narrative and life history scholars. Respondents were asked to reflect on distinctions between “life history” and “narrative,” the relationship of narrative and life history to other qualitative approaches, issues connected with work in these fields, and the relationship of life history and narrative to poststructuralism. They were also invited to nominate significant works about life history or narrative approaches as well as outstanding scholarship utilizing these approaches. Findings are discussed in relation to literature in the life history and narrative field, including the chapters in this volume.

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