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Discursive Psychology is a theoretical and analytical approach used by academics and practitioners alike, widely applied, though often lost within the complicated web of discourse analysis.
Sally Wiggins combines her expertise in discursive psychology with her clear and demystifying pedagogical approach to produce a book that is committed to student success. This textbook shows students how to put the methodology into practice in a way that is simple, engaging and practical.
List of contents
PART ONE: Theory
Chapter 1: Discursive Psychology
Chapter 2: DP and other forms of Discourse Analysis
PART TWO: Methods
Chapter 3: Developing a research question
Chapter 4: Data collection and management
Chapter 5: Transcribing and coding data
Chapter 6: Analysing data using DP
Chapter 7: Discursive devices
Chapter 8: Writing up and presenting DP analyses
PART THREE: Applications
Chapter 9: DP topics, case-studies and project ideas
Chapter 10: Applications and future developments
About the author
Sally Wiggins is a senior lecturer in psychology at the Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning, Linköping University, Sweden. She has written a methods textbook (Discursive Psychology; Sage Publications, 2017), and various book chapters detailing the theory and methods that underpin discursive psychology. She has also coedited two books (Critical Bodies and Discursive Research in Practice). Her research has focused primarily on the social interactional practices around eating, particularly during family mealtimes. This work has begun to examine the ways in which appetite, food preferences, and gustatory pleasure/disgust are enacted and consequential for children and parents in everyday mealtime situations. Her research topics of interests also include student interaction within problem-based learning tutorial groups, examining learning practices in situ and the construction of knowledge and identity in talk.
Summary
A much-needed, hands-on guide to applying discursive theory - an increasingly popular yet complex approach to research in psychology.
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This is a timely and exciting contribution to Discourse Analysis work in Psychology. Authoratitive, accessible and working with new developments in discursive psychological research, it is a useful read for new and established scholars alike.
Sarah Riley
