Fiction as Research Practice - Short Stories, Novellas, and Novels

Patricia Leavy, herself both a highly published qualitative researcher and a novelist, explores the overlaps and intersections between these two ways of understanding and describing human experience, including a methodological introduction and five stories showing these methods in action.

Sommario

Part I Fiction as Research Practice; Chapter 1 Blurred Genres: The Intertwining of Fiction and Nonfiction; Chapter 2 The Possibilities of Fiction-Based Research: Portraying Lives in Context; Chapter 3 Designing a Project: Fiction-Based Research Practice; Chapter 4 Evaluating Fiction-Based Research; Part II Exemplars with Commentary; Short Stories; Chapter 5 The Scrub Club, Elizabeth Bloom; Chapter 6 Visual Music, John L. Vitale; Novella; Chapter 7 The Wrong Shoe, Elizabeth de Freitas; Novels; Chapter 8 Waiting Room, Cheryl Dellasega; Chapter 9 Low-Fat Love, Patricia Leavy; Part III Conclusion; Chapter 10 Fiction as Pedagogy;

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Patricia Leavy

Riassunto

Patricia Leavy, herself both a highly published qualitative researcher and a novelist, explores the overlaps and intersections between these two ways of understanding and describing human experience, including a methodological introduction and five stories showing these methods in action.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Patricia Leavy
• Editore: Taylor and Francis
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 15.04.2013
• EAN: 9781611321531
• ISBN: 978-1-61132-153-1
• Pagine: 316
• Peso: 635 g
• Illustrazioni: Farb., s/w. Abb.
• Serie: Developing Qualitative Inquiry
• Categorie: Saggistica > Psicologia, esoterismo, spiritualità, antroposofia > Psicologia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Media, comunicazione > Scienze della comunicazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata