Qualitative Research Methods

1. Auflage 2001
ISBN: 978-0-631-21762-6
Verlag: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 352 Seiten, Format (B × H): 172 mm x 248 mm, Gewicht: 612 g

Reihe: Wiley Blackwell Readers in Sociology

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weinberg, Darin

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments vii

Qualitative Research Methods: An Overview
Darin Weinberg 1

Part I The Legacy of Qualitative Research Methods 23

Introduction to Part I 25

1 The Stranger
Georg Simmel 30

2 Paradigmatic Traditions in the History of Anthropology
George W. Stocking, Jr. 35

3 Everett C. Hughes and the Development of Fieldwork in Sociology
Jean-Michel Chapoulie 49

Part II Qualitative Interviewing, Life History, and Narrative Analysis 73

Introduction to Part II 75

4 The Life History and the Scientific Mosaic
Howard S. Becker 79

5 Talking and Listening from Women's Standpoint: Feminist Strategies for Interviewing and Analysis
Marjorie L. DeVault 88

6 Active Interviewing
James A. Holstein and Jaber F. Gubrium 112

7 Narrative Authenticity
Elinor Ochs and Lisa Capps 127

Part III Observational Fieldwork 133

Introduction to Part III 135

8 The Place of Field Work in Social Science
Everett C. Hughes 139

9 On Fieldwork
Erving Goffman 148

10 Difference and Dialogue: Members' Readings of Ethnographic Texts

Robert M. Emerson and Melvin Pollner 154

11 In Search of Horatio Alger: Culture and Ideology in the Crack Economy
Phillipe Bourgois 171

Part IV Conversation and Discourse Analysis 187

Introduction to Part IV 189

12 Activity Types and Language
Stephen C. Levinson 193

13 Reflections on Talk and Social Structure
Emanuel A. Schegloff 221

14 Refusing Invited Applause: Preliminary Observations from a Case Study of Charismatic Oratory
J. Maxwell Atkinson 244

Part V Research Using Artifacts as Primary Sources 261

Introduction to Part V 263

15 The Interpretation of Documents and Material Culture
Ian Hodder 266

16 Professional Vision
Charles Goodwin 281

17 Artwork: Collection and Contemporary Culture
Chandra Mukerji 313

Index 329

Über Autor(innen)

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