The facts and fictions of qualitative inquiry

Norman K Denzin

doi:10.1177/107780049600200207

The facts and fictions of qualitative inquiry

Norman K Denzin

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Abstract

William Foote Whyte's defense of the methodology used in Street Corner Society is used as an occasion to examine the work of the New Journalists who struggled to redefine the fact-fiction distinction in ethnographic and journalistic discourse. The relevance of this discourse for contemporary qualitative inquiry is discussed.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	230-241
Number of pages	12
Journal	Qualitative Inquiry
Volume	2
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/107780049600200207
State	Published - Dec 1 1996

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Social Sciences (miscellaneous)

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