Interviews as Activated Storytelling: Contexts and Subjectivities (1) (Routledge Advances in Research Methods)

By: Amir B. Marvasti and Jaber F. Gubrium

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Synopsis: Challenging the sanitized view of participants in standardized surveys, Interviews as Activated Storytelling contends that interviewing is a meaning-making process producing useful but context-sensitive knowledge. Through a series of case studies, the book illustrates that participants are not simply there for asking and answering, but inquire and respond in terms of attendant interests and social worlds. Interview interaction and interpretation must take these into account against standardization. In two parts, chapters explore how conditions of the interview process (contexts) and conceptions of interview participants (subjectivities) narratively inform and shape—activate—interviewing and its results. Together with the previously published book Crafting Ethnographic Fieldwork: Sites, Selves, and Social Worlds, insights into the full range of procedural issues in qualitative research are offered.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 270 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781040359587
Related ISBNs:: 9781040359532, 9781032583006, 9781032639208, 9781032639215
Publisher:: Taylor & Francis
Date of Addition:: 05/30/25
Copyrighted By:: selection and editorial matter, Amir B. Marvasti and Jaber F. Gubrium
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Social Studies, Sociology
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Amir B. Marvasti
Edited by:: Jaber F. Gubrium