Crafting qualitative research : working in the postpositivist traditions / Pushkala Prasad.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : qualitative research as craft : post positivist traditions and research styles -- Symbolic interactionism : searching for self and meaning -- Hermeneutics : the interpretations of texts -- Dramaturgy and dramatism : social life as theater and stage -- Ethnomethodology : the accomplishment of ordinary lives -- Ethnography : cultural understandings of natives -- Semiotics : the grammar of social reality -- Historical materialism : class, conflict, and domination -- Critical theory : hegemony, knowledge production and communicative action -- Feminism : gender as the core social principle -- Structuration and praxeology : transcending dualisms within frameworks of power -- Postmodernism : playing with images and the 'truth' -- Poststructuralism : discourse, discipline, and deconstruction -- Postcolonialism : unpacking and resisting imperialism -- Conclusion : tradition, improvisation, and quality control.