Doing Critical Ethnography by Jim Thomas
"The book offers communication researchers some of the best recent work on qualitative inquiry in the human disciplines. . . . Published by Sage, the leading publisher of qualitative research in the social sciences today. . . . Jim Thomas′s method, well displayed in illustrations drawn from his emancipatory work in prisons, has important connections to the participatory action (Friere) and critical theory traditions. . . . This work brings the communication scholar up-to-date on where qualitative methods are in current sociological and educational discourse."
--Norman K. Denzin in Journal of Communication
If a researcher′s responsibility entails the righting of social wrongs and producing valid research results, how is it possible to juxtapose these two goals? Representing the marriage of two traditions in social science, critical theory and qualitative research, Doing Critical Ethnography applies a critical worldview to the conventional logic of cultural inquiry. This innovative volume does not oppose conventional ethnography; rather, it offers a style of thinking about the direct relationship between knowledge, society, and political action. The author defines the rules and guidelines for a praxis-oriented ethnographic tradition, one both ideologically engaged and scientifically valid. He also outlines the various types of critical ethnography and explains the tenets of each and how research can be carried out under these frameworks.
This challenging volume will be useful to students and professionals in qualitative research in social theory, and critical studies.
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Narrative Analysis
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How to Write a Phenomenological Dissertation
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Interpretive Autoethnography
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Writing Up Qualitative Research
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Focus Groups as Qualitative Research
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Discourse Analysis
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Strategies for Interpreting Qualitative Data
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The Long Interview
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The Life Story Interview
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Interpretive Biography
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Meta-Ethnography
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Speaking of Ethnography
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Reliability and Validity in Qualitative Research
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Qualitative Data Collection Tools
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Qualitative Media Analysis
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A Narrative Approach to Organization Studies
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Ethnography in Organizations
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Writing Strategies
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The Active Interview
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Conducting Interpretive Policy Analysis
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Gender Issues in Ethnography
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Employing Qualitative Methods in the Private Sector
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Linking Data
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Secrecy and Fieldwork
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Analyzing Visual Data
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Understanding Ethnographic Texts
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Dangerous Fieldwork
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Living the Ethnographic Life
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Qualitative Diary Methods
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| ISBN 13 | 9780803939233 |
| ISBN 10 | 080393923X |
| Title | Doing Critical Ethnography |
| Author | Jim Thomas |
| Series | Qualitative Research Methods |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc |
| Year published | 1993-01-15 |
| Number of pages | 96 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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