TY - JOUR
T1 - Evaluating qualitative research in the poststructural moment
T2 - The lessons james joyce teaches us
AU - Denzin, Norman K.
PY - 1994
Y1 - 1994
N2 - Poststructural theory creates a crisis of representation and legitimation for qualitative research in the human disciplines. The direct link between text and experience is now problematic. This is the crisis of representation. The crisis of legitimation involves a reconceptualization of the criteria that researchers use for evaluating interpretive research. These two crises are located within the history of qualitative research in the United States and Europe. James Joyce’s four pivotal literary works are used as vehicles to illustrate how these crises have been resolved in earlier historical moments. New directions for research and theory are suggested, based on this discussion.
AB - Poststructural theory creates a crisis of representation and legitimation for qualitative research in the human disciplines. The direct link between text and experience is now problematic. This is the crisis of representation. The crisis of legitimation involves a reconceptualization of the criteria that researchers use for evaluating interpretive research. These two crises are located within the history of qualitative research in the United States and Europe. James Joyce’s four pivotal literary works are used as vehicles to illustrate how these crises have been resolved in earlier historical moments. New directions for research and theory are suggested, based on this discussion.
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U2 - 10.1080/0951839940070401
DO - 10.1080/0951839940070401
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0010141050
SN - 0951-8398
VL - 7
SP - 295
EP - 308
JO - International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education
JF - International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education
IS - 4
ER -