Part 1 of the book explored conceptual issues and problems of method, grounding the discussion firmly in ethnography (Nias and Java). Part 2, which develops a narrative approach to emotion, draws on examples from film and literature as well as world ethnography. Chapter 5 argues for the threefold importance of narrative in the construction, understanding, and reporting of emotions. Emotions are shown to have a narrative-like structure embedded within larger narrative frames. Parallels with debates in historiography over the intrinsic or imposed structure of history are explored, as is the time-bound nature of emotions. How to tackle this temporal complexity? A possible first step is to apply the Extended Case Method devised by the Manchester School of anthropologists. Social dramas are shown to be shaped by, and even about, emotions. The pros and cons of the method are exemplified by Epstein’s work on the Tolai, a Melanesian society. Epstein provides a mapping of local emotional worlds but leaves out vital elements of biography, idiosyncrasy, and microhistory that only a fuller narrative can supply.