FRONT COVER -- QUALITATIVE RESEARCH ON SPORT AND PHYSICAL CULTURE -- FRONT COVER -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- INTRODUCTION: THE PRACTICE OF QUALITATIVE RESEARCH AND THINKING QUALITATIVELY -- BRIDGING THREE 'OLOGIES' -- THINKING UNQUANTITATIVELY USING INTERPRETIVE TRADITIONS -- USING QUALITATIVE RESEARCH TO STUDY SPORT AND PHYSICAL CULTURE: A MEASURE OF FIT -- ABOUT THIS VOLUME -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 1 HISTORICAL METHODS AND TRACES OF THE PAST: EMBRACING THE COMPLEXITIES AND ENGAGING IN REFLEXIVITY -- INTRODUCTION -- PARADIGMATIC APPROACHES -- TRACES OF THE PAST -- EXPLORING THE ARCHIVES: (UN)OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS -- NEWSPAPERS -- PHOTOGRAPHS -- ORAL HISTORIES -- DESIGNING A PROJECT -- FROM DATA TO ANALYSIS -- CONCLUSION -- FIVE KEY READINGS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 2 THE EMPIRICAL STRIKES BACK: DOING REALIST ETHNOGRAPHY -- INTRODUCTION -- REALIST ETHNOGRAPHIC ENCOUNTERS -- (ALTERNATIVE) MODELS AND STRATEGIES FOR DEVELOPING ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PROJECTS -- 'OM BOY': A REALIST ETHNOGRAPHY OF ASHTANGA -- REALIST CONTROVERSIES -- FIVE KEY READINGS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 3 THE ETHNOGRAPHIC (I)NTERVIEW IN THE SPORTS FIELD: TOWARDS A POSTMODERN SENSIBILITY -- INTRODUCTION -- THE QUALITATIVE INTERVIEW: A BRIEF HISTORY -- INTERVIEWING IN THE SPORTS FIELD: AN ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDY OF SNOWBOARDING CULTURE -- THE ETHNOGRAPHIC (I)NTERVIEW: SOME REFLECTIONS FROM THE FIELD -- FINAL THOUGHTS: INTERVIEWING BODIES IN PHYSICAL CULTURAL FIELDS -- FIVE KEY READINGS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 4 NARRATIVE ANALYSIS IN SPORT AND PHYSICAL CULTURE -- WHAT IS NARRATIVE ANALYSIS AND WHY IS IT RELEVANT FOR SPC? -- DOING NARRATIVE ANALYSIS -- NARRATIVE ANALYSES -- CONCLUSION -- FIVE KEY READINGS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 5 VISUAL METHODS IN PHYSICAL CULTURE: BODY CULTURE EXHIBITION -- INTRODUCTION -- A BACKGROUND TO VISUAL METHODS.

WHEN ARE VISUAL METHODS USED IN PHYSICAL CULTURAL STUDIES RESEARCH? -- TRANSLATING AND REPRESENTING RESEARCH THROUGH ARTS-BASED APPROACHES -- BODY CULTURE -- THE POWER OF VISUAL REPRESENTATIONS OF RESEARCH: AFFECTIVE RESPONSES TO IMAGES -- CONCLUSION -- FIVE KEY READINGS -- NOTE -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 6 MEDIA ANALYSIS IN PHYSICAL CULTURAL STUDIES: FROM PRODUCTION TO RECEPTION -- INTRODUCTION -- DESIGN -- FINDINGS AND REFLECTIONS -- CONCLUSION -- FIVE KEY READINGS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 7 CRITICAL FEMINIST/QUEER METHODOLOGIES: DECONSTRUCTING (HETERO)NORMATIVE INSCRIPTIONS -- INTRODUCTION: THE EMERGENCE OF QUEER FEMINIST CULTURAL METHODOLOGIES -- DESIGNING A METHODOLOGY TO EXPLORE (HETERO)NORMATIVE INSCRIPTION/S IN SPACE -- DOING A QUEER FEMINIST CULTURAL STUDY OF LOCKER ROOMS -- TOWARDS A (COMPLICIT) LEAKY METHODOLOGY -- FIVE KEY READINGS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 8 EMBODIED RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES AND SEEKING THE SENSES IN SPORT AND PHYSICAL CULTURE: A FLESHING OUT OF PROBLEMS AND POSSIBILITIES -- INTRODUCTION -- SEEKING THE SENSES IN SPORT AND PHYSICAL CULTURE: SOME BEGINNINGS -- SEEKING THE SENSES -- REFLECTIONS -- FIVE KEY READINGS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 9 AUTOETHNOGRAPHY: SITUATING PERSONAL SPORTING NARRATIVES IN SOCIO-CULTURAL CONTEXTS -- INTRODUCTION -- WHAT IS AUTOETHNOGRAPHY? -- DOING AUTOETHNOGRAPHY: RESEARCH DESIGN AND PRACTICE -- KEY FINDINGS OF THE STUDIES -- CONCLUSION -- FIVE KEY READINGS -- NOTE -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 10 TWO (OR MORE) FEET ARE BETTER THAN ONE: MIXED METHODS RESEARCH IN SPORT AND PHYSICAL CULTURE -- INTRODUCTION: FIRST STEPS AND MIXED METHODOLOGICAL BEGINNINGS -- WALKING THE LINE: BALANCING METHODOLOGICAL CONTRADICTIONS -- RUNNING BEFORE I COULD WALK: SETTING UP THE STUDY -- UP AND RUNNING: GETTING, AND DEALING WITH, DATA -- FINAL STEPS: PROMISES, PITFALLS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS IN MIXED METHODS.

FIVE KEY READINGS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 11 TRUTH OR DARE: EXAMINING THE PERILS, PAINS AND PITFALLS OF INVESTIGATIVE METHODOLOGIES IN THE SOCIOLOGY OF SPORT -- INTRODUCTION -- SEARCHING FOR THE TRUTH -- SOCIOLOGICAL IMPRESSIONISM -- THE FOURTH ESTATE AND THE INVESTIGATIVE IMPERATIVE IN SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH -- PROSE NOT POSE -- ETHNOGRAPHY AND ETHICS -- FLATTERY AND BETRAYAL -- THE PUBLIC INTEREST -- RISK ASSESSMENT -- CONCLUSIONS -- FIVE KEY READINGS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES.

Addresses issues in methodology, contemporary issues in research methods and innovative trends in qualitative research that are addressed through case study examples from areas of research in sport studies. This title includes: historical methods; ethnography; auto-ethnography; embodied methods; interviewing; and, narratives.

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