This provocative volume deals with one of the chief criticisms of ethnographic studies, a criticism which centres on their particularism or their insistence on context -- the question is asked: How can these studies be generalized beyond the individual case? Noblit and Hare propose a method -- meta-ethnography -- for synthesizing from qualitative, interpretive studies. They show that ethnographies themselves are interpretive acts, and demonstrate that by translating metaphors and key concepts between ethnographic studies, it is possible to develop a broader interpretive synthesis. Using examples from numerous studies, the authors illuminate how meta-ethnography works, isolate several types of meta-ethnographic study and provide a theoretica
While the studies in this book examine the various intersections of race and ethnicity with respect to gender, age, class, and sexuality, Cultural Constructions of Identity turns its primary focus on what these studies reveal about identity ...
While the studies in this book examine the various intersections of race and ethnicity with respect to gender, age, class, and sexuality, Cultural Constructions of Identity turns its primary focus on what these studies reveal about identity ...
The key themes were seen as linked and difficult to address separately,but were also rather close to those in the ... (2013) conducted a systematic review and metaethnography of school environment and student health that found ...
Karen McCarthy Brown (1942-2015) was one of the most influential scholars of the popular religion of Hait known as Vodou.
This book explores qualitative synthesis and the implications of particular approaches on the findings of qualitative reviews and compares and contrasts the methods used in qualitative research
This is a substantive limitation. This book brings balance to the options available to researchers, including approaches that have not had a substantial uptake among researchers.
Reflexive Ethnography is a unique guide to ethnographic research for students of anthropology and related disciplines.
This book demonstrates how and why qualitative metasynthesis can be a method for reuse and expansion of medical knowledge.
This collection includes research from the past four decades and addresses key issues or controversies, such as: explanations and defences of qualitative methods; ethics; research questions and foreshadowed problems; access; first days in ...
The Vicos Project was a major effort to apply anthropology to community development in a rural community of Andean Peru in the 1950s. Deconstructing Development Discourse in Peru is a...