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Recipient of a 2022 Most Promising New Textbook Award from the Textbook & Academic Authors Association (TAA)
Introduction to Intersectional Qualitative Research, by Jennifer Esposito and Venus Evans-Winters, introduces students and new researchers to the basic aspects of qualitative research including research design, data collection, and analysis, in a way that allows intersectional concerns to be infused throughout the research process. Esposito and Evans-Winters infuse their combined forty years of experience conducting and teaching intersectional qualitative research in this landmark book, the first of its kind to address intersectionality and qualitative research jointly for audiences new to both. The book's premise is that race and gender matter, and that racism and sexism are institutionalized in all aspects of life, including research. Each chapter opens with a vignette about a struggling researcher emphasizing that reflecting on your mistakes is an important part of learning. Discussion questions at the end of each chapter help instructors generate dialogue in class or in groups. Introduction to Intersectional Qualitative Research makes those identities and structures central to the task of qualitative study.
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Chapter 1 (R)evolution of Qualitative Inquiry
Introduction to Intersectionality
Evolution of Qualitative Research
Centering Intersectionality in Qualitative Inquiry
Decolonizing Methodologies
Intersectionality and Identity Politics
Intersectionality in Qualitative Research
Intersectional Research
How to Read This Book
Discussion Questions
Chapter 2 Theoretical Underpinnings of Qualitative Research
Ontology
Epistemology
Theory
Methodology
Critical Qualitative Research
Conclusion
Discussion Questions
Recommended Readings
Chapter 3 The Ethics of Intersectionality
Human Experimentation
Nuremberg Code and Belmont Report
Institutional Review Boards
Conclusion
Discussion Questions
Chapter 4 Methodology
Ethnography
A Note About Methodological Choices
Research Design
Putting It All Together
Summary
Discussion Questions
Chapter 5 Data Collection Methods
Framing the Dialogue on Data Collection
Interviews
Focus Groups
Observations
Document Analysis
Other Data Collection Methods
Summary
Discussion Questions
Chapter 6 Data Analysis, Part 1
Data Management
Starting Data Analysis
Coding
Moving from Codes to Themes
Computer-Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Software (CAQDAS)
Conclusion
Discussion Questions
Chapter 7 Data Analysis, Part 2
Theorizing Data
Memoing
Methods of Analysis
Subjectivity Statements
Getting It Right
Conclusion
Discussion Questions
Chapter 8 Authorial Voice: Intersectional Conversations
Writing Rituals
Voice in Qualitative Inquiry
The Literature Review and Voice
The Research Proposal
Introduction to the Study
The Literature Review
Writing Up Your Findings
Summary
Discussion Questions
Chapter 9 The Reimagining and Possibilities of Qualitative Inquiry
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