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INTERPRETIVE AUTOETHNOGRAPHY
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By: |
Norman K. Denzin |
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ISBN 10: |
1452299811 |
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9781452299815 |
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Publisher: |
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC |
Pub. date: |
7 November, 2013 |
Edition: |
2nd Revised edition |
Series: |
Qualitative Research Methods |
Pages: |
160 |
Description: |
In this book, Norman Denzin combines one of the oldest techniques in the social sciences with one of the newest. |
Synopsis: |
Bringing in elements of postmodernism and interpretive social science, Denzin re-examines the biographical and autobiographical genres as methods for qualitative researchers. The book points up the inherent weaknesses in traditional biographical forms, and outlines a new way in which biographies should be conceptualized and shaped. The book provides a guide to the assumptions of the biographical method, to its key terms, and to the strategies for gathering and interpreting such materials. Denzin introduces the key concept of `epiphany', or turning points in person's lives. Along the way, a host of examples are provided from the author's own work and others, making this an extremely useful volume for qualitative researchers. |
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US |
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SAGE Publications Inc |
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