Prasad, Pushkala. <br/><br/>
Crafting qualitative research :  working in the postpositivist traditions / 
Pushkala Prasad. 
 - Armonk, N.Y. :  Routledge,  c2005. 
 - viii, 340 p. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780765607904 (pbk.) 0765607891 (cloth : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2004023624 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Qualitative research.<br/>Qualitative research--Methodology.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>001.42 
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