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1. Visual Sociology: An Introduction

   By Douglas Harper

   Why has the visual largely gone missing in sociology done so poorly when done at all? Visual sociology has been part of the sociological vocabulary since Howard S. Becker's 1974 article, 'Photography and Sociology' but until now there has not been a comprehensive text that introduces this area....

   June 2011 | 978-0-415-77896-1 | Paperback (Routledge)

2. Psychoanalysis in Social Research: Shifting Theories and Reframing Concepts

   By Claudia Lapping

   Psychoanalysis in Social Research reconceptualizes the relationship between psychoanalysis and social research. Through a forensic analysis of psychoanalytic theory and psychoanalytically informed empirical studies, Claudia Lapping re-thinks important aspects of the interpretive process and offers...

   February 2011 | 978-0-415-47925-7 | Hardback (Routledge)

3. An Introduction to Visual Research Methods in Tourism

   Edited by Tijana Rakic, Donna Chambers

   An Introduction to Visual Research Methods in Tourism, is the first book to present, discuss and promote the use of a range of visual methods, including still images (such as photographs, postcards, drawings) and moving images (such as video) within the context of tourism research. The book focuses...

   February 2011 | 978-0-415-57005-3 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Secrecy and Silence in the Research Process: Feminist Reflections

   Edited by Róisín Ryan-Flood, Rosalind Gill

   Feminist research is informed by a history of breaking silences, of demanding that women’s voices be heard, recorded and included in wider intellectual genealogies and histories. This has led to an emphasis on voice and speaking out in the research endeavour. Moments of secrecy and silence are less...

   September 2010 | 978-0-415-60517-5 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Fieldwork in Tourism: Methods, Issues and Reflections

   Edited by Michael C. Hall

   The inherent mobility of tourists and consequent relative ephemerality of contact between the visitor and the visited tourism phenomenon have specific characteristics that challenge the usual fieldwork practices of the social and physical sciences. Such conditions create specific concerns for the...

   September 2010 | 978-0-415-58919-2 | Hardback (Routledge)

6. Towards Relational Sociology

   By Nick Crossley

   Towards Relational Sociology argues that social worlds comprise networks of interaction and relations. Crossley asserts that relations are lived trajectories of iterated interaction, built up through a history of interaction, but also entailing anticipation of future interaction. In addition, he...

   July 2010 | 978-0-415-48014-7 | Hardback (Routledge)
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   Ethnography in Social Science Practice

   Edited by Julie Scott-Jones, Sal Watt

   Ethnography in Social Science Practice explores ethnography’s increasing use across the social sciences, beyond its traditional bases in social anthropology and sociology. It explores the disciplinary roots of ethnographic research within social anthropology, and contextualizes it within both field...

   March 2010 | 978-0-415-54349-1 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Housing and Health in Europe: The WHO LARES project

   Edited by David Ormandy

   In this cross-disciplinary research David Ormandy and expert contributors explain the nature and development of the World Health Organization's study of housing across Europe. In-depth analysis provides new evidence of links between the health of inhabitants and their housing conditions,...

   April 2009 | 978-0-415-47735-2 | Hardback (Routledge)
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   Global Gender Research: Transnational Perspectives

   Edited by Christine Bose, Minjeong Kim

   This volume provides an in-depth comparative picture of the current state of feminist sociological gender and women's studies research in four regions of the world--Africa, Asia, Latin America/Caribbean, and Europe--as represented by many countries. The introductory essay to each region explains...

   February 2009 | 978-0-415-95270-5 | Paperback (Routledge)