Researching culture : qualitative method and cultural studies / Pertti Alasuutari.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Alasuutari, Pertti.

Standardized Title:

• Laadullinen tutkimus. English

Language:

• English
• Finnish

Subjects (All):

• Ethnology--Methodology.

Physical Description:

vii, 208 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 1995.

Summary:

• This clearly written, well-illustrated text satisfies a long-standing need for an authoritative account of the methodology of cultural studies. It will become required reading on many courses' - "David Silverman, Goldsmiths College, University of London "
• The growth of interdisciplinary cultural studies poses new challenges for the process of doing research. In this textbook, Pertti Alasuutari introduces the range of approaches and methodological tools available for undertaking critical research, and shows how cultural studies transcend traditional divisions between qualitative and quantitative methods and between social sciences and humanities.
• He draws upon three main sources: the qualitative

Notes:

• "An earlier version of this book was published in Finnish as Laadullinen tutkimus by Vastapaino, Tampere, 1993"--T.p. verso.
• Includes bibliographical references (pages [193]-200) and index.

ISBN:

• 0803978308
• 0803978316

OCLC:

33286521