Narrative sociology / edited by Leslie Irvine, Jennifer L. Pierce, and Robert Zussman.

Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, [2019]

ix, 338 pages ; 23 cm

"Narrative Sociology defines a field in the making. Narrative analysis has had a powerful presence within sociology for decades. Wherever everyday meaning making is at issue, narrative has been fundamental. It has been critical to the subfields of sociology that examine the social construction of categories, such as gender, race, sexuality, and disability, among others. It has figured heavily in subfields that deal with the collective creation of meaning, as in the study of social movements and, to a lesser degree, organizations more generally. As a causal approach, narrative has been critical to historical and comparative sociology. Although narrative research in sociology has long suggested the presence of theories, approaches, and works that are considered essential to the field, Narrative Sociology makes the narrative approach explicit. It delineates narrative sociology as a subfield by defining its central theoretical premises and identifying key theoretical debates and exemplary work. In doing so, this volume includes works that explore the kinds of questions that interest sociologists, such as the work narratives do in reproducing and maintaining inequality, in institutionalizing power, and in upending the status quo"-- Provided by publisher.

English

July 31, 2019

Includes bibliographical references.