Meta-Ethnography

Synthesizing Qualitative Studies

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology
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Author: R . Dwight Hare, George W. Noblit ISBN: 9781506349824
Publisher: SAGE Publications Publication: February 1, 1988
Imprint: SAGE Publications, Inc Language: English
Author: R . Dwight Hare, George W. Noblit
ISBN: 9781506349824
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Publication: February 1, 1988
Imprint: SAGE Publications, Inc
Language: English

This provocative volume deals with one of the chief criticisms of ethnographic studies, a criticism which centres on their particularism or their insistence on context -- the question is asked: How can these studies be generalized beyond the individual case? Noblit and Hare propose a method -- meta-ethnography -- for synthesizing from qualitative, interpretive studies. They show that ethnographies themselves are interpretive acts, and demonstrate that by translating metaphors and key concepts between ethnographic studies, it is possible to develop a broader interpretive synthesis. Using examples from numerous studies, the authors illuminate how meta-ethnography works, isolate several types of meta-ethnographic study and provide a theoretica

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This provocative volume deals with one of the chief criticisms of ethnographic studies, a criticism which centres on their particularism or their insistence on context -- the question is asked: How can these studies be generalized beyond the individual case? Noblit and Hare propose a method -- meta-ethnography -- for synthesizing from qualitative, interpretive studies. They show that ethnographies themselves are interpretive acts, and demonstrate that by translating metaphors and key concepts between ethnographic studies, it is possible to develop a broader interpretive synthesis. Using examples from numerous studies, the authors illuminate how meta-ethnography works, isolate several types of meta-ethnographic study and provide a theoretica

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