Research methods for cultural studies / edited by Michael Pickering.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pickering, Michael, Author.

Contributor:

Pickering, Michael, 1957-

Series:

Research Methods for the Arts and Humanities

Research methods for the arts and humanities

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Culture--Methodology.

Culture.

Culture--Study and teaching.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 240 p.) : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This new textbook addresses the neglect of practical research methods in cultural studies. It provides students with clearly written overviews of research methods in cultural studies, along with guidelines on how to put these methods into operation. It advocates a multi-method approach, with students drawing from a pool of techniques and approaches suitable for their own topics of investigation.

Contents:

Section One: Lives and Lived Experiences

1. Experience and the social world

2. Stories and the social world

Section Two: Production and Consumption

3. Investigating cultural producers

4. Investigating cultural consumers

Section Three: Quantity and Quality

5. Why counting counts

6. Why observing matters

Section Four: Texts and Pictures

7. Analysing visual experience

8. Analysing discourse

Section Five: Linking with the Past

9. Engaging with memory

10. Engaging with history

Bibliography

Notes on Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [214]-233) and index.

ISBN:

1-281-22484-7

9786611224844

0-7486-3119-4

9780748631193 (e-book)

OCLC:

476133760