Writing Qualitative Inquiry - Self, Stories, and Academic Life

Responding to the rapid growth of personal narrative as a method of inquiry among qualitative scholars, Bud Goodall offers a concise volume of practical advice for scholars and students seeking to work in this tradition.

List of contents

Foreword to the Classic Edition Christopher N. Poulos
Preface: So You Want to Be a Qualitative Research Who Tells Interesting Stories
Chapter 1. The 5 Rs of Narrative Writing
Chapter 2. Fingers on the Keyboard: Developing Narrative Structures
Chapter 3. Submitting Narrative Work to Academic Journals and Academic Presses
Chapter 4. Reading and Evaluating Narrative Scholarship: From Appreciation to Contribution
Chapter 5. Success in the Academy
Chapter 6. Success beyond the Academy: Becoming a Public Scholar
References
Index

About the author

H. L. (Bud) Goodall, Jr. was Professor of Communication and Director of the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication at Arizona State University until his death in 2012. He was the author or co-author of 20 books, including A Need to Know: The Clandestine History of a CIA Family (Left Coast Press, 2006), which won the "Best Book of 2007" award from the Ethnography Division of the National Communication Association, as well as over 150 articles, chapters, and papers.
Christopher N. Poulos is Professor and Head of the Department of Communication Studies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Summary

Responding to the rapid growth of personal narrative as a method of inquiry among qualitative scholars, Bud Goodall offers a concise volume of practical advice for scholars and students seeking to work in this tradition.

Product details

• Authors: H. L. Goodall, H. L. Poulos Goodall, H.L. Goodall Jr, Christopher N. Poulos
• Assisted by: Christopher N Poulos (Foreword)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2018
• EAN: 9781138326484
• ISBN: 978-1-138-32648-4
• No. of pages: 204
• Series: Routledge Education Classic Edition
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research, PSYCHOLOGY / Research & Methodology, Communication Studies, Research methods: general, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Writing / Academic & Scholarly