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