Narrative Sociology defines classics, identifies exemplars of narrative analysis, and delineates a field in the making. Table of Contents
Part I: Varieties of Narrative - The Sociology of Storytelling Francesca Polletta, Pang Ching Bobby Chen, Beth Gharrity Gardner, and Alice Motes - The Value of Narrativity in the Representation of Reality Hayden White - The Collective Story: Postmodernism and the Writing of Sociology Laurel Richardson - The Use of Personal Narratives in Social Science and History Mary Jo Maynes, Jennifer L. Pierce, and Barbara Laslett - Explanatory Narrative Research Donald Polkinghorne - From Causes to Events: Notes on Narrative Positivism Andrew Abbott - The Trouble with Stories Charles Tilly - Life as Narrative Jerome Bruner - Reclaiming an Orphan Genre: The First-Person Narrative of Illness Arthur W. Frank - Narrative Freedom Robert Zussman - Situated Actions and Vocabularies of Motive C. Wright Mills
Part II: Narrative in Action - The Normalization of Deviance, 1981-1984 Dianne Vaughan - Harvard: The Quota Controversy and the Quest for Restriction Jerome Karabel - Prologue to On the Run: Fugitive Life in an American City Alice Goffman - A Little Room for Myself Teresa Gowan
Part III: Narrative and Institutional Contexts - Scientia Sexualis Michel Foucault - Grand National Narratives and the Project of Truth Commissions: A Comparative Analysis Molly Andrews - Narrating Social Structure: Stories of Resistance to Legal Authority Patricia Ewick and Susan Silbey - "It Was Like a Fever . . ." Narrative and Identity in Social Protest Francesca Polletta - Lifechangers and Lifesavers Leslie Irvine