working in the postpositivist traditions Prasad, Pushkala. creator text bibliography nyu New York, N.Y Routledge c2015 2005 monographic eng

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viii, 340 p. ; 25 cm. Introduction : qualitative research as craft : post positivist traditions and research styles -- Symbolic interactionism : searching for self and meaning -- Hermeneutics : the interpretations of texts -- Dramaturgy and dramatism : social life as theater and stage -- Ethnomethodology : the accomplishment of ordinary lives -- Ethnography : cultural understandings of natives -- Semiotics : 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. Pushkala Prasad. Includes bibliographical references and index. Qualitative research Qualitative research Methodology H62 .P651 2015 001.4/2 0765607904 (pbk : alk. paper) 0765607898 (hbk) 2004023624 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip053/2004023624.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip053/2004023624.html DLC 041018 20171205101519.0 13753804