Table of contents : About the Authors Acknowledgements 1 Introduction Why You Should Read This Book Why Talk Data? Why These Three Strategies? Our Approach Part I ANALYZING NARRATIVES 2 Broad Strokes Approaches to Narrative Analysis Knowing the Past through Oral History Knowing the Present through Oral History Studying the Processes of the Life Course Studying the Self as Essence or as Narrative Process Chapter Summary 3 Fine-grained Analyses of Meaning Analyzing Emplotment, Up Close Discerning the Language of Agency Observing Uses of Imagery and Figurative Language Listening to the Sounds of Stories Chapter Summary 4 The Interview in Narrative Analysis Being Reflexive about Standpoint and Representation Being Reflexive about Embodiment Being Reflexive about Notions of a ‘Good’ Story Chapter Summary Part II Analyzing Talk-In-Interaction 5 The Basics of Conversation Analysis The Founding Insight of Conversation Analysis Understanding the Conversation Analysis Paradigm Analyzing the Mechanisms of Everyday Talk Chapter Summary 6 Conversation Analysis Approaches to Social Categories Introducing Membership Categorization Analysis CA and Categories: Debating the Alternatives Chapter Summary 7 Institutional Talk-in-interaction Learning the Basics of Institutional Talk-in-interaction Analyzing How Institutional Work Gets Done in Stages Studying Turn-taking within Institutions Analyzing Other Mechanisms of Institutional Talk Chapter Summary 8 The Interview in Conversation Analysis Pinning Down the Qualitative Research Interview Asking What Talk about Categories Accomplishes Studying Focus Groups through a CA Lens Chapter Summary Part III Analyzing Discourse 9 Foucauldian Discourse Analysis Introducing Foucault Unpacking Power, Knowledge, and the Subject Doing Foucauldian DA Chapter Summary 10 Critical Discourse Analysis Understanding the Principles of CDA Doing CDA Chapter Summary 11 Garden-variety Discourse Analysis Understanding the Discourse–Society Dialectic Unraveling Identities and Subjectivities Analyzing Power and Discourse Working with Time Chapter Summary 12 The Interview in Discourse Analysis Being Reflexive about Power in DA Being Reflexive about Performativity and Performance Being Reflexive about Positioning Chapter Summary 13 Conclusion Now That You’ve Read This Book What You’ve Learned about Talk Remember Those Scenarios? Why You Should Close This Book References Index