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Styles of narrative selection in crafting life stories
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For instance, this article found that despite the wealth of knowledge accumulated on this narrative type, a central aspect has remained disregarded, despite the fact that life stories have been the focus of narrative theory and research in psychology for decades.Abstract:
Life stories have been the focus of narrative theory and research in psychology for decades. Despite the wealth of knowledge accumulated on this narrative type, a central aspect has remained disreg...read more
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Narrative Methods for the Human Sciences
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a collection of qualified narrative methods for the human sciences that has actually been composed by the authors themselves, which can be used as an excellent source for reading.
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Three strategies for doing narrative resistance: Navigating between master narratives
TL;DR: Examining the personal stories of former residents of Yamit, an Israeli region in the Sinai Peninsula that was evacuated following the peace agreement between Israel and Egypt, demonstrates that narrative resistance can take diverse forms and simultaneously involve compliance with and resistance to different types of master narratives.
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Actual Minds, Possible Worlds.
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Narrative knowing and the human sciences
TL;DR: JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive as discussed by the authors.
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Narrative Methods for the Human Sciences
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a collection of qualified narrative methods for the human sciences that has actually been composed by the authors themselves, which can be used as an excellent source for reading.
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The Stories We Live By: Personal Myths and the Making of the Self
TL;DR: The Stories We Live By as discussed by the authors argues that we are the stories we tell and that each of us discovers what is true and meaningful, in our lives and in ourselves, through the creation of personal myths.
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Life Stories: The Creation of Coherence
TL;DR: Linde as mentioned in this paper studied how people create and exchange coherent oral life stories and found that such stories serve a number of psychological and social purposes, including the development and expression of a sense of self and the solidification and definition of relationships and group memberships.