Doing Research in Cultural Studies - An introduction to classical and new methodological approaches - Series Editor David Silverman

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Doing Research in Cultural Studies presents an introduction to classical and new qualitative research approaches for students and beginning researchers. The book emphasizes an interdisciplinary, international perspective and highlights helpful student exercises. It introduces core qualitative methodologies through clear explanations, covering both foundational literature and cutting-edge issues across multiple disciplines. The contents move from methodological thinking and combining approaches to studying lived experience, reading discourses, and analyzing global contexts.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryResearch & Report

FormatPDF

Pages236

Reading Time9 h 55 min

AccessFree to download

Contents

I Thinking Methodologically

II Studying Lived Experience

III Reading Discourses

IV Analyzing the Global Context

Acknowledgements

# Doing Research inCultural Studies Introdu cin g Qu alit ative Methods Doing Research in Cultural Studies SERIES EDTOR David Silverman (Goldsmiths College) EDITORIAL BOARD Michael Bloor (University of Wales,Cardiff)Barbara Czarniawska (University of Gothenburg)Norman Denzin (University of Illinois,Champaign)Barry Glassner(University of Southern California)Jaber Gubrium (University of Missouri)Anne Murcott (South Bank University)Jonathan Potter (Loughborough University) TITLES IN SERIES Doing Conversational AnalysisPaul ten Have Using Foucault's MethodsGavin Kendall and Gary Wickham The Quality of Qualitative ResearchClive Seale Qualitative Evaluationlan Shaw Researching Life Stories and FamilyHistoriesRobert L.Miller Categories in Text and TalkGeorgia Lepper Focus Groups in Social ResearchMichael Bloor,Jane Frankland,MichelleThomas,Kate Robson INTRODUCING QUALITATIVE METHODS provides a series of volumes which introduce qualitativeresearch to the student and beginning researcher.The approach is interdisciplinary andinternational.A distinctive feature of these volumes is the helpful student exercises. One stream of the series provides texts on the key methodologies used in qualitativeresearch.The other stream contains books on qualitative research for different disciplinesor occupations.Both streams cover the basic literature in a clear and accessible style,butalso cover the 'cutting edge'issues in the area. Qualitative Research Through Case StudiesMax Travers Methods of Critical Discourse AnalysisRuth Wodak and Michael Meyer Qualitative Research in Social Worklan Shaw and Nick Gould Qualitative Research in Information SystemsMichael D.Myers and David Avison Researching the VisualMichael Emmison and Philip Smith Qualitative Research in EducationPeter Freebody Using Documents in Social ResearchLindsay Prior Doing Research in Cultural StudiesPaula Saukko Doing Research in Cultural Studies ## An introduction to classical andnew methodological approaches Paula Saukko C Paula Saukko 2003 First published 2003 Reprinted 2006(twice) Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of research orprivate study,or criticism or review,as permitted underthe Copyright,Designs and Patents Act,1988,this publicationmay be reproduced,stored or transmitted in any form,or byany means,only with the prior permission in writing of thepublishers,or in the case of reprographic reproduction,inaccordance with the terns of licences issued by the CopyrightLicensing Agency.Inquiries concerning reproduction outsidethose terms should be sent to the publishers. SAGE Publications Ltd1 Oliver's Yard,55 City RoadLondon EC1Y 1SP SAGE Publications Inc.2455 Teller RoadThousand Oaks,California 91320 SAGE Publications India Pvt LtdB-42,Panchsheel EnclavePost Box 4109New Delhi 110017 ## British Library Cataloguing in Publication data A catalogue record for this book is availablefrom the British Library ISBN-10:0-7619-6504-1 ISBN-10:0-7619-6505-X(pbk) ISBN-13:978-0-7619-6504-6 ISBN-13:978-0-7619-6505-3(pbk) Library of Congress Control Number 2002115862 Typeset by C&M Digitals (P)Ltd.,Chennai,IndiaPrinted in Great Britain by Athenaeum Press,Gateshead Contents viii Acknowledgements I Thinking Methodologically 1 Introduction:Locating Cultural Studies and the Book 3 Crosscurrents in cultural studies4Reconciliations6Outline of the book8 1 Combining Methodologies in Cultural Studies11Main questions11Histories of cultural studies13On validity15 Alternative validities19 Combining methodologies23 Conclusions33 Exercise 135 37 II Studying Lived Experience 39 2 Studying Lived ResistanceMain questionsCritical contextualismTextualist optimismContingent resistancesConclusionsExercise 2 39 3 New Ethnography and Understanding the Other Main questions Between Self and OtherBeing truer to lived realitiesSelf-reflexivity 40 47 50 54 54 55 55 57 58 62

FAQs

What kind of audience is this book intended for?

The book is written for students and beginning researchers introducing qualitative research methods in cultural studies.

How does the series structure the qualitative research content?

One stream covers key methodologies, while another addresses qualitative research approaches for different disciplines or occupations, combining accessible foundations with cutting-edge issues.

What major topics does the book cover in its contents?

It moves from methodological thinking and combining approaches to studying lived experience, reading discourses, and analyzing global contexts.

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