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Undertaking discourse analysis for social research / Kevin C. Dunn, Iver B. Neumann.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dunn, Kevin C., 1967-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social sciences--Research.
- Social sciences.
- Discourse analysis.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vi, 150 pages
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2016.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Kevin C. Dunn and Iver B. Neumann offer a concise, accessible introduction to discourse analysis in the social sciences. A vital resource for students and scholars alike, Undertaking Discourse Analysis for Social Research combines a theoretical and conceptual review with a "how-to" guide for using the method. In the first part of the book, the authors discuss the development of discourse analysis as a research method and identify the main theoretical elements and epistemological assumptions that have led to its emergence as one of the primary qualitative methods of analysis in contemporary scholarship. Then, drawing from a wide-range of examples of social science scholarship, Dunn and Neumann provide an indispensable guide to the variety of ways discourse analysis has been used. They delve into what is gained by using this approach and demonstrate how one actually applies it. They cover such important issues as research prerequisites, how one conceives of a research question, what "counts" as evidence, how one "reads" the data, and some common obstacles and pitfalls. The result is a clear and accessible manual for successfully implementing discourse analysis in social research. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- 1 Discourse Analysis in the Social Sciences 1
- What Is a Discourse? 2
- What Is Discourse Analysis? 4
- How Is Discourse Analysis Different from Other Approaches? 9
- Is Discourse Analysis the Right Approach for You? 11
- Structure of the Book 14
- Suggested Further Readings 15
- 2 Variations in Theories and Approaches to Discourse Analysis 17
- Defining Discourses 17
- Theories of Discourses: From Structuralism to Post positivism 21
- Structuralism 24
- The Frankfurt School and Poststructuralism 27
- Postpositivism 28
- Approaches to Discourse Analysis: Linguistic Studies and Social Sciences 30
- Discourse Analysis in Linguistic Studies 30
- Discourse Analysis in the Social Sciences 32
- Suggested Further Readings 41
- 3 Key Analytical Points 43
- Language/Text 43
- The Production of Knowledge 47
- Discourses and Power 54
- Representation and Practice 60
- Discourse and Materiality 67
- Subject Positions and Institutions 75
- Suggested Further Readings 82
- 4 Getting Started 83
- Prerequisites 83
- Conceiving a Research Question 86
- Identifying and Selecting Sources 90
- Choosing Texts 91
- Delimiting Your Scope 94
- Variations in the Types of Texts 98
- When Is Enough? 100
- Suggested Further Readings 102
- 5 Conducting Discourse Analysis 103
- Different Strategies of Conducting Discourse Analysis 104
- Identifying Discourses 105
- Textual Mechanisms for Interpreting Discourses 109
- Presupposition and the Creation of Background Knowledges 110
- Predicate Analysis and the Creation of Subjects 111
- Subject Positioning 112
- Metaphorical Analysis 114
- Inventorying Representations 116
- Mapping Discourses 118
- Layering Discourses 121
- Suggested Further Readings 124
- 6 Conclusion 125.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on information from the publisher.
- ISBN:
- 9780472073115
- 0472073117
- 9780472053117
- 0472053116
- 9780472121908
- Publisher Number:
- 10.3998/mpub.7106945
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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