|
Sign In to gain access to subscriptions and/or personal tools.
|
Narrative Turn or Blind Alley?
Paul Atkinson
University of Wales, Cardiff
Sociologists, anthropologists, and others are paying increasing attention to the collection and analysis of personal narratives. This is true of qualitative health research, where narratives of suffering and illness have been granted special status. The article endorses a narrative approach but offers a criticism of research in which narratives are regarded as offering the analyst privileged access to personal experience. It is suggested that an appeal to narratives too often includes inappropriate assumptions concerning human actors and social action. The argument is developed primarily through a reading of several major authors in the field.
Qualitative Health Research, Vol. 7, No. 3,
325-344 (1997)
DOI: 10.1177/104973239700700302
 CiteULike  Complore  Connotea  Del.icio.us  Digg  Reddit  Technorati  Twitter What's this?
This article has been cited by other articles:
|
|
|
|
 
T. E. Adams
Mothers, Faggots, and Witnessing (Un)Contestable Experience
Cultural Studies <=> Critical Methodologies,
October 1, 2009;
9(5):
619 - 626.
[Abstract]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
R. Richards
Writing the Othered Self: Autoethnography and the Problem of Objectification in Writing About Illness and Disability
Qual Health Res,
December 1, 2008;
18(12):
1717 - 1728.
[Abstract]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
U. Papen
Pregnancy starts with a literacy event: Pregnancy and antenatal care as textually mediated experiences
Ethnography,
September 1, 2008;
9(3):
377 - 402.
[Abstract]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
L. Stanley and B. Temple
Narrative methodologies: subjects, silences, re-readings and analyses
Qualitative Research,
July 1, 2008;
8(3):
275 - 281.
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
C. Thomas
Cancer narratives and methodological uncertainties
Qualitative Research,
July 1, 2008;
8(3):
423 - 433.
[Abstract]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
D. J. Cohen and B. F. Crabtree
Evaluative Criteria for Qualitative Research in Health Care: Controversies and Recommendations
Ann. Fam. Med,
July 1, 2008;
6(4):
331 - 339.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
B. Smith and A. C. Sparkes
Contrasting perspectives on narrating selves and identities: an invitation to dialogue
Qualitative Research,
February 1, 2008;
8(1):
5 - 35.
[Abstract]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
J. Hewitt
Ethical Components of Researcher Researched Relationships in Qualitative Interviewing
Qual Health Res,
October 1, 2007;
17(8):
1149 - 1159.
[Abstract]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A. W. Frank
Health stories as connectors and subjectifiers.
Health (London) ,
October 1, 2006;
10(4):
421 - 440.
[Abstract]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
J. Low
Communication Problems Between Researchers and Informants With Speech Difficulties: Methodological and Analytic Issues
Field Methods,
May 1, 2006;
18(2):
153 - 171.
[Abstract]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
C. Taylor
Narrating Significant Experience: Reflective Accounts and the Production of (Self) Knowledge
Br. J. Soc. Work,
February 1, 2006;
36(2):
189 - 206.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
S. Hicks
Queer Genealogies: Tales of Conformity and Rebellion amongst Lesbian and Gay Foster Carers and Adopters
Qualitative Social Work,
September 1, 2005;
4(3):
293 - 308.
[Abstract]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
T. Riley and P. Hawe
Researching practice: the methodological case for narrative inquiry
Health Educ. Res.,
April 1, 2005;
20(2):
226 - 236.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
M. Hyvarinen
The Recalcitrant Nation of Seven Brothers
Qualitative Inquiry,
June 1, 2004;
10(3):
412 - 430.
[Abstract]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
D. Edvardsson, B. H. Rasmussen, and C. K. Riessman
Ward Atmospheres of Horror and Healing: A Comparative Analysis of Narrative
Health (London) ,
October 1, 2003;
7(4):
377 - 396.
[Abstract]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
R. S. Barbour
The Newfound Credibility of Qualitative Research? Tales of Technical Essentialism and Co-Option
Qual Health Res,
September 1, 2003;
13(7):
1019 - 1027.
[Abstract]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
C. A. Barry
Multiple Realities in a Study of Medical Consultations
Qual Health Res,
October 1, 2002;
12(8):
1093 - 1111.
[Abstract]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
S. E. Bell
Photo Images: Jo Spence's Narratives of Living with Illness
Health (London) ,
January 1, 2002;
6(1):
5 - 30.
[Abstract]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A. C. SPARKES and B. SMITH
Sport, Spinal Cord Injury, Embodied Masculinities, and the Dilemmas of Narrative Identity
Men and Masculinities,
January 1, 2002;
4(3):
258 - 285.
[Abstract]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
M. Sandelowski
Reembodying Qualitative Inquiry
Qual Health Res,
January 1, 2002;
12(1):
104 - 115.
[Abstract]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
J. M. Morse
A Storm in the Academic Teacup
Qual Health Res,
September 1, 2001;
11(5):
587 - 588.
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
R. S Barbour
Checklists for improving rigour in qualitative research: a case of the tail wagging the dog?
BMJ,
May 5, 2001;
322(7294):
1115 - 1117.
[Full Text]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A. P. Bochner
Narrative's Virtues
Qualitative Inquiry,
April 1, 2001;
7(2):
131 - 157.
[Abstract]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A. W. Frank
The Standpoint of Storyteller
Qual Health Res,
May 1, 2000;
10(3):
354 - 365.
[Abstract]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
R. S Barbour and M. o. WoReN
Acquiring qualitative skills for primary care research. Review and reflections on a three-stage workshop. Part 2: analysing interview data
Fam. Pract.,
February 1, 2000;
17(1):
83 - 89.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
E. Witztum and Y. Goodman
Further Reflections on Therapy, Psychology, Anthropology and the Haredim
Transcultural Psychiatry,
December 1, 1999;
36(4):
465 - 475.
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
B. Smith
The Abyss: Exploring Depression Through a Narrative of the Self
Qualitative Inquiry,
June 1, 1999;
5(2):
264 - 279.
[Abstract]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
