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9%OFFGeorge W. Noblit - Meta-Ethnography: Synthesizing Qualitative Studies - 9780803930230 - V9780803930230
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Meta-Ethnography: Synthesizing Qualitative Studies

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Description for Meta-Ethnography: Synthesizing Qualitative Studies paperback. Series: Qualitative Research Methods. Num Pages: 88 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 157 x 9. Weight in Grams: 158.
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 ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
SAGE Publications Inc
Number of pages
88
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Series
Qualitative Research Methods
Condition
New
Number of Pages
88
Place of Publication
Thousand Oaks, United States
ISBN
9780803930230
SKU
V9780803930230
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About George W. Noblit
George W. Noblit became a sociologist in the 1970s, a time of turbulent social change. Research on crime, delinquency and deviance led to a focus on schooling in the lives and futures of youth. Through a study of school desegregation, he began a program of research on the social construction of race, using ethnographic research to study ... Read more

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