Writing in the dark : phenomenological studies in interpretive inquiry / / edited by Max van Manen

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910812288703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2016
• ISBN: 1-315-41555-0; 1-315-41556-9; 1-315-41557-7; 1-62958-424-X
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (261 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): Van ManenMax
• Disciplina: 808/.0663
• Soggetti: Phenomenology; Readers - Social sciences; Social sciences - Authorship; Qualitative research
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: First published 2015 by Left Coast Press, Inc.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Writing Phenomenology - Max van Manen; Chapter 2: Ritualized Experiences; The Nursing ""How Are You?"" - Brenda L. Cameron; Chapter 3: Aesthetic Experiences; Drawing to Attention - Rose Montgomery-Whicher; Chapter 4: Common Experiences; ""The Look"" in Teacher's Performance Evaluation - Peggy Ann Howard; Chapter 5: Uncommon Experiences; Living with ""Obsessive Compulsive Disorder"" - Mary Haase; Chapter 6: Variable Experiences; Classroom Conversation - Shuying Li; Chapter 7: Novel Experiences; Keeping in Touch by Electronic Mail - Teresa Dobson; Chapter 8: Modern ExperiencesStepmothering - Verna Schmidt; Chapter 9: Ambiguous Experiences; Modes of Waiting - Mikio Fujita; Chapter 10: Ineffable Experiences; Memories of Breathing - Monica Clarke; Chapter 11: Forgotten Experiences; When a Child Feels Left Alone - Anna Kirova; Chapter 12: Remembered Experiences; Remembering the Childhood Loss of a Mother - Darlene L. Witte-Townsend; Chapter 13: Scientized Experiences; Experiencing Diagnosis - Yvonne Hayne; Chapter 14: Cultivated Experiences; Learning Retreat ; Meditation - Philo Hove; Chapter 15: Technological Experiences; Is there a Body in this Class? - Norm FriesenChapter 16: Writing in the Dark - Max van Manen
• Sommario/riassunto: Bestselling author Max van Manen's Writing in the Dark brings together a wide range of studies of relevance to qualitative researchers and professional practitioners. Each of the sixteen original chapters by accomplished scholars serves as an example of how a different kind of human experience may be explored, and of how the methods used for investigating phenomena may contribute to the process of human understanding. Van Manen provides the opening and closing chapters for the book, and also an introduction to each selection. This book is a valuable and rich resource for people who would like