Handbook of the Arts in Qualitative Research: Perspectives, Methodologies, Examples, and Issues / Edition 1

G.R. Walden, CHOICE represents an unfolding and expanding orientation to qualitative social science research that draws inspiration, concepts, processes, and representational forms from the arts. In this defining work, J. Gary Knowles and Ardra L. Cole bring together the top scholars in qualitative methods to provide a comprehensive overview of the past, present, and future of arts-based research. This provides an accessible and stimulating collection of theoretical arguments and illustrative examples that delineate the role of the arts in qualitative social science research. This is an essential resource for any scholar interested in qualitative research, as well as a critical resource for all academic and public libraries.