Studies in Symbolic Interaction / Edition 1

by Norman K. Denzin

Overview

This 19th volume in the series discusses a variety of topics in the field of symbolic interaction.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781559389853
Publisher:	Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Publication date:	02/21/1996
Series:	Studies in Symbolic Interaction , #19
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.06(h) x 0.55(d)

About the Author

Norman K. Denzin is Distinguished Emeritus Research Professor of Communications, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He is the author, co-author, or co-editor of over 50 books and 200 professional articles and chapters, has founded or led several learned organizations and has founded or served as editor for five scholarly journals.

Table of Contents

Foreword, Norman K. Denzin; the interactionist gaze; gazing at symbolic interactionists - a photo montage, Russell R. Chabot; problems in interpretive theory and qualitative research, Yvonna S. Lincoln; a historical geneology of validity, methods, and truth, Donileen R. Loseke and Spencer E. Cahill; experimental texts, validity, truth and method in postmodern university classrooms - mystery writing and the incurably informed, Carolyne J. White and Bethany Kimbell-Amos; African-American success stories - three narrative journeys, Deborah A. Austin; pentecostal aquatics - sacrifice, redemption, and secrecy at camp, Robert Rinehart; evaluation, ethics and moral dilemmas; the naturalistic fallacy in contemporary interactionist-interpretive research, Clifford Christians; thought on the moral career of the interpretive inquirer - reuniting interpretation and eval-uation, Thomas A. Schwandt; evaluation ethics and issues of social justice - contributions from female moral thinking, Katherine E. Ryan, Cui Bono; institutional review board ethics and ethnographic research, Stefan Timmermans; new developments in theory; matching methodological liabilities to extend Couch's theory of coordinated action, David T. Basiien; minimalists actions, methodological constraints and sociological explanation, Robert S. Perinbanayagam; try to make it real, compared to what?, Richard Quinney.

Editorial Reviews

This fifty-third volume of Studies in Symbolic Interaction is a dense but rewarding collection of essays for researchers and doctoral students seeking for new, original theoretical avenues related to social interactions, emotions, and relationships.

Yves Laberge