
Qualitative Inquiry Under Fire
Toward a New Paradigm Dialogue
Norman K. Denzin(Author)
Left Coast Press Inc
1st Edition
Published on 15. July 2009
Book
Hardback
400 pages
978-1-59874-415-6 (ISBN)
Description
This collection of recent works by Norman K. Denzin provides a history of the field of qualitative inquiry over the past two decades. As perhaps the leading proponent of this style of research, Denzin has led the way toward more performative writing, toward conceptualizing research in terms of social justice, toward inclusion of indigenous voices, and toward new models of interpretation and representation. In these 13 essays-which originally appeared in a wide variety of sources and are edited and updated here-the author traces how these changes have transformed qualitative practice in recent years. In an era when qualitative inquiry is under fire from conservative governmental and academic bodies, he points the way toward the future, including a renewed dialogue on paradigmatic pluralism.
Reviews / Votes
"...For interpretive colleagues who find their work being judged and graded by positivists, who witness qualitative methodology being squeezed out of University courses, and who are treated - to use Denzin's words - as an elephant in the SBR movement's living room, this book certainly has the potential to evoke what Denzin aspires for: a narrative of passion and commitment' ... The Viva La Revolution' tone to this book makes it a motivating read. It is also an informative read. It would be a welcomed resource for postgraduates and academics with an interest in qualitative inquiry. This book should be in the libraries of all institutions where qualitative research is done. As well as an overview of where the field has been, Denzin successfully summarizes where it is now, and the direction he feels that it should move in the future - as one large community."... - Cassandra Phoenix, Qualitative ResearchMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Walnut Creek
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
references, index
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
650 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-59874-415-6 (9781598744156)
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Person
Norman K. Denzin is Distinguished Professor of Communicaitions, College of Communications Scholar, and Research Professor of Communications, Sociology, and Humanities at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. One of the world's foremost authorities on qualitative research and cultural criticism, Denzin is the author or editor of more than two dozen books, including Reading Race; Interpretive Ethnography; The Cinematic Society; The Voyeur's Gaze; The Alcoholic Self, and Performance Ethnography. He is past editor of The Sociological Quarterly, co-editor (with Yvonna S. Lincoln) of four editions of the landmark Handbook of Qualitative Research, co-editor (with Yvonna S. Lincoln and Linda Tuhiwai Smith) of Handbook of Critical and Indigenous Methodologies, co-editor (with Michael D. Giardina) of three plenary volumes from prior Congresses of Qualitative Inquiry, co-editor (with Lincoln) of the methods journal Qualitative Inquiry, founding editor of Cultural Studies/Critical Methodologies, and founding editor of International Review of Qualitative Research, and editor of three book series.
Content
Acknowledgments PART ONE: POLITICS 1 Introduction: Qualitative Inquiry as Social Justice 2 Interpretive Research After 9/11/01 3 The Secret Downing Street Memo, the One Percent Doctrine, and the Politics of Truth: A Performance Text-Shelter from the Storm 4 The Elephant in the Living Room or Extending the Conversation about the Politics of Evidence PART TWO: INTERPRETATION 5 The Art of Interpretation: The Stories We Tell One Another 6 The Practices of Interpretation 7 Reading and Writing Interpretation 8 Emancipatory Discourses, and the Ethics and Politics of Interpretation PART THREE: PERFORMANCE AND PEDAGOGY 9 Analytic Autoethnography, or Deja Vu All Over Again 10 The Reflexive Interview and a Performative Social Science 11 Memory: Lewis and Clark in Yellowstone, circa 2004 PART FOUR: ETHICAL FUTURES 12 IRBs and the Turn to Indigenous Ethics 13 The New Paradigm Dialogues and Qualitative Inquiry