Table of Contents

Life history and narrative: introduction, Narrative configuration in qualitative analysis, Fidelity as a criterion for practicing and evaluating narrative inquiry, Distancing passion: narratives in social science, Audience and the politics of narrative, Persuasive writings, vigilant readings, and reconstructed characters: the paradox of trust in educational storysharing, Narrative strategies for case reports, The story so far: personal knowledge and the political, Conflicts of selves: nonunitary subjectivity in women administrators’ life history narratives, Life history and narrative: questions, issues, and exemplary works, Notes on Contributors, Index

About the Author

J. Amos Hatch, Richard Wisniewski