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Fiction as Research Practice

Paperback • 2013 • English

Fiction as Research Practice

By Patricia Leavy

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About the book

The turn to fiction as a social research practice is a natural extension of what many researchers and writers have long been doing. Patricia Leavy, a widely published qualitative researcher and a novelist, explores the overlaps and intersections between these two ways of understanding and describing human experience. She demonstrates the validity of literary experimentation to the qualitative researcher and how to incorporate these practices into research projects. Five short stories and excerpt...Show more

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9781611321548

Publisher

Left Coast Press Inc

Published year

2013

Language

English

Original title

Fiction as Research Practice

Format

Paperback

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