The Emotional Nature of Qualitative Research

This book focuses on the place and purpose of emotions in the research process, and investigates the appropriate boundaries. Designed to explore how to manage the emotional content of research, the text serves as a supplement to qualitative research method courses, and is an excellent reference for the professional as well. It covers the risks and benefits for the process and those involved in it on an emotional and personal level and presents a multidisciplinary cross cultural approach with multinational contributors It also focuses on the place and purpose of emotions in the research process.

Kathleen R. Gilbert

Introduction. SECTION ONE. Feminist Research Women Awaiting Trial. The Management of Self. Narrative Methods in Qualitative Research. Mirrors. SECTION TWO. Qualitative Research as Spiritual Experience. Emotions as Analytical Tools. Collateral Damage? Extreme Dilemmas in Performance Ethnography. An Act of Subversion.