Crafting qualitative research : working in the postpositivist traditions / Pushkala Prasad.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, N.Y. : Routledge, c2015.Description: viii, 340 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0765607904 (pbk : alk. paper)
  • 0765607898 (hbk)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 001.4/2 22
LOC classification:
  • H62 .P651 2015
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction : qualitative research as craft : post positivist traditions and research styles -- Symbolic interactionism : searching for self and meaning -- Hermeneutics : the interpretations of texts -- Dramaturgy and dramatism : social life as theater and stage -- Ethnomethodology : the accomplishment of ordinary lives -- Ethnography : cultural understandings of natives -- Semiotics : the grammar of social reality -- Historical materialism : class, conflict, and domination -- Critical theory : hegemony, knowledge production and communicative action -- Feminism : gender as the core social principle -- Structuration and praxeology : transcending dualisms within frameworks of power -- Postmodernism : playing with images and the 'truth' -- Poststructuralism : discourse, discipline, and deconstruction -- Postcolonialism : unpacking and resisting imperialism -- Conclusion : tradition, improvisation, and quality control.
Item type: Research Collection
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Judith Thomas Library Judith Thomas Library Research Section JTL Research Collection H 62 .P651 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) AUA21905 Available AUA21905

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : qualitative research as craft : post positivist traditions and research styles -- Symbolic interactionism : searching for self and meaning -- Hermeneutics : the interpretations of texts -- Dramaturgy and dramatism : social life as theater and stage -- Ethnomethodology : the accomplishment of ordinary lives -- Ethnography : cultural understandings of natives -- Semiotics : the grammar of social reality -- Historical materialism : class, conflict, and domination -- Critical theory : hegemony, knowledge production and communicative action -- Feminism : gender as the core social principle -- Structuration and praxeology : transcending dualisms within frameworks of power -- Postmodernism : playing with images and the 'truth' -- Poststructuralism : discourse, discipline, and deconstruction -- Postcolonialism : unpacking and resisting imperialism -- Conclusion : tradition, improvisation, and quality control.