Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-207) and index.

Machine generated contents note: 1 Approaching Qualitative Research -- Qualitative and quantitative -- Managing subjectivity -- Schools and approaches -- Writer as stranger -- Summary -- 2 Starting Out -- Researching everyday life -- Determining the area -- Establishing a research question -- Defining the research setting -- Summary -- 3 Showing the Workings -- Introductions -- Conceptual framework -- Explaining procedures -- Significance of research strategy -- Articulating issues -- Summary -- 4 What Counts as Data -- Overview of qualitative data -- Arising from social settings -- Thick description -- Approaching thick description -- Making the familiar strange -- Summary -- 5 Writing about Data -- From data to written study -- Organizing and presenting data -- Embedding data in the argument -- Keeping things separate -- Caution -- Summary -- 6 Writer Voice -- The struggle with convention -- New thinking -- The author writes back -- Creating coherence -- Achieving credibility -- Summary -- 7 Writing about Relations -- Reflexivity -- The culture of dealing -- Setting up relations -- Establishing relations -- Behaving appropriately -- Using experience as data -- Disciplined learning -- Summary -- 8 Making Appropriate Claims -- Allowing'ordinary' voice -- Cautious detachment -- Suspending judgement -- People in relationships -- Summary -- Questions for Discussion -- Written Studies Used as Examples -- References -- Index.