Analyzing Field Reality - Brossura

Gubrium, Jaber F.

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ISBN 10: 0803930968 ISBN 13: 9780803930964

Casa editrice: Sage Pubns, 1988

Riassunto

Analyzing Field Reality provides a new way of thinking about the analysis of fieldwork that will aid researchers in many disciplines. It provides the researcher with a methodology for understanding meaning in the field. The author presents a typology of realities -- articulated and structural -- which shape not only the `folk' understanding of interaction in a given setting but that of the ethnographer as well. Gubrium discusses structural, organisationally-embedded factors which shape social forms such as the family, role or personality. Examples from a variety of settings, including nursing homes, hospitals, support groups and residential treatment centres make this method of analysis applicable to qualitative researchers in applie

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Informazioni sull?autore

Jaber F. Gubrium is professor and chair of sociology at the University of Missouri. He has an extensive record of research on the social organization of care in human service institutions. His publications include numerous books and articles on aging, family, the life course, medicalization, and representational practice in therapeutic context.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Sage Pubns
• Data di pubblicazione: 1988
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0803930968
• ISBN 13: 9780803930964
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 80
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile