Full Description
This third edition of a best-seller features new material on the latest developments and directions in qualitative research--including such subjects as feminist methodology, postmodernism, phenomenology, and cultural anthropology. New sections on evaluation research will make the book attractive for professionals in education, nursing, social work, and gerontology, as well as those in psychology.
Contents
Part I. AMONG THE PEOPLE1. Introduction: Go to the People Chapter 2. Participant Observation: Pre-Fieldwork Chapter 3. Participant Observation: In the Field Chapter 4. In-Depth Interviewing Chapter 5. Montage: Discovering Methods Chapter 6. Working with Data: Data Analysis in Qualitative Research' Part II. WRITING QUALITATIVE STUDIES' Chapter 7. Writing and Publishing Qualitative Studies Chapter 8. The Autobiography of Jane Fry Chapter 9. "They're Not Like You and Me": Institutional Attendants' Perspectives on Residents Chapter 10. Invisible Women, Invisible Work: Women's Caring Work in Developmental Disability Services Chapter 11. "Children's Division is Coming to Take Pictures": Life in a Family with Mental Retardation and Disabilities Chapter 12. The Social Construction of Humanness: Relationships with People with Severe Retardation Chapter 13. Closing Remarks '
