Research Interviewing: Context and Narrative

by Elliot G. Mishler

Book Overview

Interviews hold a prominent place among the various research methods in the social and behavioral sciences. This book presents a powerful critique of current views and techniques, and proposes a new approach to interviewing. At the heart of Elliot Mishler's argument is the notion that an interview is a type of discourse, a speech event: it is a joint product, shaped and organized by asking and answering questions.

This view may seem self-evident,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674764617
• ISBN13: 9780674764613
• Release Date: April 1991
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"