The art and science of portraiture / Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot and Jessica Hoffmann Davis
Language: English Publication details: Chichester : Jossey-Bass, 2002.Description: 306 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:- 9780787962425
- 300.72 LAW
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300.72 HOU Values in evaluation and social research / | 300.72 JAC Doing coaching research / | 300.72 KUM Research methodology : | 300.72 LAW The art and science of portraiture / | 300.72 LET Objectivity and subjectivity in social research / | 300.72 LIG Summing up : | 300.72 LUR Inventive methods : |
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references.
1. **The Author ix** --
2. **Acknowledgments xi** --
3. **Introduction: The Frame xv** --
4. **Chapter One: A View of the Whole: Origins and Purposes 1** --
5. **Chapter Two: Perspective Taking: Discovery and Development 19** --
6. **Chapter Three: On Context 39** --
- **Illumination: Framing and Terrain 41** --
- **Implementation: Setting the Site 60** --
- **Artistic Refrain: Priming the Canvas 74** --
7. **Chapter Four: On Voice 83** --
- **Illumination: Expressing a Point of View 85** --
- **Implementation: Defining the Lens 106** --
- **Artistic Refrain: Negotiating Perspective 124** --
8. **Chapter Five: On Relationship 133** --
- **Illumination: Navigating Intimacy 135** --
- **Implementation: Declaring Boundaries 160** --
- **Artistic Refrain: Representing Rapport 175** --
9. **Chapter Six: On Emergent Themes 183** --
- **Illumination: Searching for Patterns 185** --
- **Implementation: Naming Convergence 215** --
- **Artistic Refrain: Defining Form 232** --
10. **Chapter Seven: On Aesthetic Whole 241** --
- **Illumination: Shaping the Story 243** --
- **Implementation: Composing the Narrative 261** --
- **Artistic Refrain: Achieving Balance 275** --
11. **References 283** --
12. **Index 289**
This contribution to the field of research methodology illuminates the origins, purposes and features of portraiture, placing it within the larger discourse on social science inquiry and mapping it onto the broader terrain of qualitative research.
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