Includes bibliographical references and index

Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE. Among the People: How to Conduct Qualitative Research -- ch. 1. Introduction: Go to the People -- Note on the History of Qualitative Methods -- Qualitative Methodology -- Theory and Methodology -- Notes -- ch. 2. Research Design and Pre-Fieldwork -- Research Design -- Selecting Settings -- Obtaining Institutional Review Board Approval -- Writing Proposals -- Access to Organizations -- Access to Public and Quasi-Public Settings -- Access to Private Settings -- What Do You Tell Gatekeepers and Informants? -- Collecting Data About Obtaining Access -- Covert Research -- ch. 3. Participant Observation: In the Field -- Entering the Field -- Negotiating Your Role -- Establishing Rapport -- Participation -- Key Informants -- Difficult Field Relations -- Forming Relationships -- Field Tactics -- Asking Questions -- Learning the Language -- Field Notes -- Boundaries of a Study -- Leaving the Field -- Triangulation -- Ethics in the Field -- ch. 4. In-Depth Interviewing -- Qualitative Interview -- Types of Interview Studies -- Choosing to Interview -- Selecting Informants -- Approaching Informants -- Understanding the Interview in Context -- Managing the Interview Situation -- Getting People to Talk About What Is Important to Them -- Interview Guide -- Probing -- Cross-Checks -- Relations With Informants -- Recording Interviews -- Group Interviews -- Interviewer's Journal -- Note -- ch. 5. Montage: Discovering Methods -- Disrupting the "Commonsense World of Everyday Life": Harold Garfinkel -- Qualitative Research as Autobiography -- Entering a World Without Words -- Personal Documents -- Picturing Disability -- Photography and Videotaping -- Official Records and Public Documents -- Historical and Archival Research -- Notes -- ch. 6. Working With Data: Data Analysis in Qualitative Research -- Narratives: Descriptive and Theoretical Studies -- Building Theory -- Working With Data -- Constructing Life Histories -- pt. TWO. Writing Qualitative Research: Selected Studies -- ch. 7. Writing and Publishing Qualitative Studies -- What You Should Tell Your Readers -- Some Tips on Writing -- Common Mistakes in Writing From Qualitative Data -- Publishing Qualitative Studies -- Selected Studies -- ch. 8. "You're Not a Retard, You're Just Wise": Disability, Social Identity, and Family Networks / -- Steven J. Taylor -- ch. 9. Producing Family Time: Practices of Leisure Activity Beyond the Home / -- Marjorie L. DeVault -- ch. 10. Ethnicity and Expertise: Racial-Ethnic Knowledge in Sociological Research / -- Marjorie L. DeVault -- ch. 11. Citizen Portraits: Photos of People With Disabilities as Personal Keepsakes / -- Robert Bogdan -- ch. 12. "They Asked for a Hard Job": World War II Conscientious Objectors on the Front Lines / -- Steven J. Taylor.