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Author Alasuutari, Pertti.

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

Published London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 1995.

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 UniM Giblin Eunson  305.8001 ALAS    AVAILABLE
Uniform title Laadullinen tutkimus. English
Physical description vii, 208 pages ; 24 cm
Notes "An earlier version of this book was published in Finnish as Laadullinen tutkimus by Vastapaino, Tampere, 1993"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-200) and index.
Contents 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.
Summary This clearly written, well-illustrated text satisfies a long-standing need for an authoritative account of the methodology of cultural studies. It will become required reading on many courses' - "David Silverman, Goldsmiths College, University of London "
The growth of interdisciplinary cultural studies poses new challenges for the process of doing research. In this textbook, Pertti Alasuutari introduces the range of approaches and methodological tools available for undertaking critical research, and shows how cultural studies transcend traditional divisions between qualitative and quantitative methods and between social sciences and humanities.
He draws upon three main sources: the qualitative
Subject Ethnology -- Methodology.
ISBN 0803978316 (paperback)
0803978308 (hardback)