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Analysing men's written friendship narratives

Lauren Guy

University of Birmingham, UK, xlaurenguyx{at}googlemail.com

Jane Montague

University of Derby, UK, J.Montague{at}derby.ac.uk

People make sense of their lives through their narratives, which provide a set of culturally shared plots that give their lives meaning and represent belonging. A range of personal and cultural experiences is made available through analysing these narratives. Here, analysis of men's personal narratives is considered as a valuable means by which the culture of men's friendship can be explored and defined. We present a method for generating narratives, where respondents were asked in an online survey to describe a deep connection or fall-out with a friend. One of these written narratives is analysed here by adapting Labov's framework for analysing narrative in conversation and supplementing it with insights from discursive work.

Key Words: discursive approach • narrative structure • online survey • written narratives

Qualitative Research, Vol. 8, No. 3, 389-397 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/1468794106093635
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