Writing in an informal and accessible style, David Silverman offers the reader an entry into the broader issues of qualitative research that many textbooks gloss over - the underlying arguments of qualitative research and the key debates about its future direction
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Introduction: Making a space for this book -- Innumerable inscrutable habits: why unremarkable things matter -- On finding and manufacturing qualitative data -- Instances or sequences? -- Applying qualitative research -- The aesthetics of qualitative research: on bullshit and tonsils -- A very short conclusion -- Appendix: Transcription symbols