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Crafting qualitative research working in the postpositivist traditions / Pushkala Prasad.
| Author/creator | Prasad, Pushkala |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, ©2005. |
| Description | viii, 340 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Qualitative research as craft: postpositivist traditions and research styles -- Symbolic interactionism: searching for self and meaning -- Hermeneutics: the interpretation of texts -- Dramaturgy and dramatism: social life as theater and stage -- Ethnomethodology: the accomplishment of ordinary lives -- Ethnography: cultural understandings of natives -- Semiotics and structuralism: 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-312) and index. |
| LCCN | 2004023624 |
| ISBN | 0765607891 (cloth : alk. paper) |