Introduction Problems of the Research Interview

1. Standard Practice

2. Research Interviews as Speech Events

3. The Joint Construction of Meaning

4. Language, Meaning, and Narrative Analysis

5. Meaning in Context and the Empowerment of Respondents

Conclusion: Prospects for Critical Research

Appendix: Suggested Reading in Narrative Analysis

Notes

Reference

Index

Elliot G. Mishler is Professor of Social Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.

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