"A long-overdue book and one that is a most-welcome addition to the literature. . . . Now students of cultural stud
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English Pages 111 Year 1995
Table of contents :
Introduction
PART ONE: QUALITATIVE RESEARCH AND CULTURAL STUDIES
What is Qualitative Research?
What is Cultural Studies?
PART TWO: THE PRODUCTION OF OBSERVATIONS
Theoretical Framework and Method
The Factist Perspective
Cultural Distinctions
Narrativity
The Interaction Perspective
The Structures of Interaction
Cross-Tabulation and Quantitative Analysis
PART THREE: UNRIDDLING
Asking Why
Generalization
The Research Process
The Writing Process