TY - BOOK AU - Prasad,Pushkala TI - Crafting qualitative research: working in the postpositivist traditions SN - 0765607904 (pbk : alk. paper) AV - H62 .P651 2015 U1 - 001.4/2 22 PY - 2015/// CY - New York, N.Y. PB - Routledge KW - Qualitative research KW - Methodology N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip053/2004023624.html ER -