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Researching culture : qualitative method and cultural studies / Pertti Alasuutari.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Finnish Publisher: London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 1995Description: vii, 208 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0803978308
  • 9780803978300
  • 0803978316
  • 9780803978317
Uniform titles:
  • Laadullinen tutkimus. English
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.8001 20
LOC classification:
  • GN345 .A4413 1995
Contents:
Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- 2. What is Qualitative Research? -- 3. What is Cultural Studies? -- 4. Theoretical Framework and Method -- 5. The Factist Perspective -- 6. Cultural Distinctions -- 7. Narrativity -- 8. The Interaction Perspective -- 9. The Structures of Interaction -- 10. Cross-Tabulation and Quantitative Analysis -- 11. Asking Why -- 12. Generalization -- 13. The Research Process -- 14. The Writing Process -- References -- Index.
Summary: ""A long-overdue book and one that is a most-welcome addition to the literature. . . . Now students of cultural studies have a way of empirically informing and connecting their work to the many traditions, perspectives, methods, and strategies that constitute qualitative research, which is a field in its own right. Pertti Alasuutari's work is clearly written, concrete in terms of examples and details, and thoroughly conversant with the most recent controversies that define these two fields of inquiry." --Norman K. Denzin, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign In this comprehensive volume, Pertti Alasuutari introduces approaches and methodological tools available for undertaking critical and rigorous research. Three main methods are considered: the qualitative traditions of sociological and anthropological research, including ethnography and symbolic interactionism; methods for studying images and language, including semiotics, narrative analysis, conversation analysis, and discourse analysis; and the relevance of quantitative analysis to the kind of data produced by research on culture. This fascinating volume will appeal to researchers, scholars, and students in cultural studies, language and discourse analysis, and qualitative methods."--Publisher description.
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"An earlier version of this book was published in Finnish as Laadullinen tutkimus by Vastapaino, Tampere, 1993"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-200) and index.

Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- 2. What is Qualitative Research? -- 3. What is Cultural Studies? -- 4. Theoretical Framework and Method -- 5. The Factist Perspective -- 6. Cultural Distinctions -- 7. Narrativity -- 8. The Interaction Perspective -- 9. The Structures of Interaction -- 10. Cross-Tabulation and Quantitative Analysis -- 11. Asking Why -- 12. Generalization -- 13. The Research Process -- 14. The Writing Process -- References -- Index.

""A long-overdue book and one that is a most-welcome addition to the literature. . . . Now students of cultural studies have a way of empirically informing and connecting their work to the many traditions, perspectives, methods, and strategies that constitute qualitative research, which is a field in its own right. Pertti Alasuutari's work is clearly written, concrete in terms of examples and details, and thoroughly conversant with the most recent controversies that define these two fields of inquiry." --Norman K. Denzin, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign In this comprehensive volume, Pertti Alasuutari introduces approaches and methodological tools available for undertaking critical and rigorous research. Three main methods are considered: the qualitative traditions of sociological and anthropological research, including ethnography and symbolic interactionism; methods for studying images and language, including semiotics, narrative analysis, conversation analysis, and discourse analysis; and the relevance of quantitative analysis to the kind of data produced by research on culture. This fascinating volume will appeal to researchers, scholars, and students in cultural studies, language and discourse analysis, and qualitative methods."--Publisher description.

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