Qualitative Research Methods

by Weinberg, Darin

• ISBN13: 9780631217626
• ISBN10: 0631217622
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-10-22
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Qualitative Research Methods is an indispensable, definitive collection of readings for students undertaking any kind of social science inquiry. These readings represent the finest classic and contemporary scholarship in the field. Each conceptually accessible article includes an editorial introduction for students using and studying research methods for the first time. This volume will acquaint students with not only the full range of contemporary qualitative research methods, but also the location of these methods in wider scientific breakthroughs.

Author Biography

Darin Weinberg is a University Lecturer in the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Cambridge.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Qualitative Research Methods: An Overview	1	(22)
Darin Weinberg
Part I The Legacy of Qualitative Research Methods	23	(50)
Introduction to Part I	25	(5)
The Stranger	30	(5)
Georg Simmel
Paradigmatic Traditions in the History of Anthropology	35	(14)
George W. Stocking, Jr.
Everett C. Hughes and the Development of Fieldwork in Sociology	49	(24)
Jean-Michel Chapoulie
Part II Qualitative Interviewing, Life History, and Narrative Analysis	73	(60)
Introduction to Part II	75	(4)
The Life History and the Scientific Mosaic	79	(9)
Howard S. Becker
Talking and Listening from Women's Standpoint: Feminist Strategies for Interviewing and Analysis	88	(24)
Marjorie L. DeVault
Active Interviewing	112	(15)
James A. Holstein
Jaber F. Gubrium
Narrative Authenticity	127	(6)
Elinor Ochs
Lisa Capps
Part III Observational Fieldwork	133	(54)
Introduction to Part III	135	(4)
The Place of Field Work in Social Science	139	(9)
Everett C. Hughes
On Fieldwork	148	(6)
Erving Goffman
Difference and Dialogue: Members' Readings of Ethnographic Texts	154	(17)
Robert M. Emerson
Melvin Pollner
In Search of Horatio Alger: Culture and Ideology in the Crack Economy	171	(16)
Phillipe Bourgois
Part IV Conversation and Discourse Analysis	187	(74)
Introduction to Part IV	189	(4)
Activity Types and Language	193	(28)
Stephen C. Levinson
Reflections on Talk and Social Structure	221	(23)
Emanuel A. Schegloff
Refusing Invited Applause: Preliminary Observations from a Case Study of Charismatic Oratory	244	(17)
J. Maxwell Atkinson
Part V Research Using Artifacts as Primary Sources	261	(68)
Introduction to Part V	263	(3)
The Interpretation of Documents and Material Culture	266	(15)
Ian Hodder
Professional Vision	281	(32)
Charles Goodwin
Artwork: Collection and Contemporary Culture	313	(16)
Chandra Mukerji
Index	329