A focus on the inter-relationship between experience, self and society brilliantly advances our understanding of the 'narrative turn' in the social sciences. This text will be of vital interest to both sociologists and psychologists.

Introduction, Molly Andrews, Shelley Day Sclater, Michael Rustin, Corinne Squire, Amal Treacher; Part 1 Narrative and culture; intro_1 Introduction, Corinne Squire; Chapter 1 Narrative, civil society and public culture, Ronald N. Jacobs; Chapter 2 Resurrective practice and narrative, Clive Scale; Chapter 3 Wedding bells and baby carriages, Suzanna Danuta Walters; Chapter 4 Narratives as bad faith, Ian Craib; Part 2 Narrative and life history; intro_2 Introduction, Molly Andrews; Chapter 5 When the story's over, Mark Freeman; Chapter 6 A cautious ethnography of socialism, Zdenek Konopasek, Molly Andrews; Chapter 7 'Papa's bomb', Carol Wolkowitz; Chapter 8 Betrayals, trauma and self-redemption?, Tom Wengraf; Part 3 Narrative and discourse; intro_3 Introduction, Shelley Day Sclater; Chapter 9 Narrative, discourse and the unconscious, Wendy Hollway, Tony Jefferson; Chapter 10 Fictional(ising) identity?, Helen Malson; Chapter 11 'Let them rot', Marion V. Smith; Chapter 12 Narrative and the discursive (re)construction of events, Jackie Abell, Elizabeth H. Stokoe, Michael Billig; Chapter 13 Conclusion, Phil Bradbury, Shelley Day Sclater;

Co-Directors of the Centre for Narrative Research in the Social Sciences, University of East London.,
Co-Director of the Centre for Adoption and Identity Studies, University of East London.