Narrative Sociology

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