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.
Table of Contents:
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
About the Author :
Darin Weinberg is a University Lecturer in the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Cambridge.
Review :
"Serious students of qualitative methods will have this book in their libraries. It brings together some of the best representations of our qualitative traditions, and links them to current movements in the field. Weinberg's introductory essay alone is worth the price of the book." Gale Miller, Marquette University
"Weinberg's theoretical framework is sophisticated and will encourage conversation and deliberation about qualitative methodology. Those interested in issues of methodological epistemology will find much food for thought in this collection." Donileen R. Loseke, University of South Florida
" a must for people studying or using qualitative research methods" Davina Banner.
"This volume provides an overview of the theoretical controversies that characterize a variety of qualitative methods and would make a valuable contribution to graduate students' and scholars' collections."
