This book explores the rich diverse opportunities and challenges afforded by research that
analyses the stories told by for and about women. Bringing together feminist scholarship and
narrative approaches it draws on empirical material social theory and methodological insights
to provide examples of feminist narrative studies that make explicit the links between theory
and practice. Examining the story as told and using examples of narratives told about childhood
sexual abuse domestic relationship abuse motherhood and seeking asylum it raises wider
issues regarding the role of storytelling for understanding and making sense of women¿s lives.
This thought-provoking work will appeal to students and scholars of women¿s studies feminist
and narrative researchers social policy and practice sociology and research methods.
