Composing Qualitative Research

Acknowledgments vii Introduction 1(8) Writing About Writing 2(2) Writing Our Fieldwork 4(1) Focus on "Theorized Storyline" 5(1) Organization of Chapters 6(3) 1. The Style and Practice of Our Academic Writing 9(16) The Predominant Style of Academic Writing: Unadorned and Disembodied 10(1) Experiencing the Practice of Academic Writing 11(6) Write It Up, But What Do We Write? 13(1) Write It Up, But For Whom Do We Write? 14(3) Write It Up, But Under What Terms Will Our Writing Be Granted a Disciplinary Audience? 17(1) The Style and Practice of Academic Writing: Interested and Persuasive Discourse 17(6) Our Writing Task 23(2) 2. Crafting a Theorized Storyline 25(22) Establishing Theorized Storylines 26(1) Move 1: Articulate Study Significance 27(4) Move 2: Situate Study in Literature 31(6) Synthesized Coherence 33(1) Progressive Coherence 34(2) Noncoherence 36(1) Move 3: Problematize Literature to Make Space for Study to Contribute 37(7) Incomplete 38(1) Inadequate 39(2) Incommensurate 41(3) Move 4: Foreshadow How the Present Study Addresses Problematization 44(3) 3. Developing the Theorized Storyline 47(14) Compelling Beginnings 48(3) Novel Use of Methodology Sections 51(1) Data Theory Coupling 52(5) Telling, Showing, and Telling 53(2) Minimal Telling, Showing, Telling, More General Telling 55(2) Storylines With Field and Theory Complications 57(4) 4. Characterizing the Storyteller 61(20) Storyteller in the Guise of Institutional and Human Scientist 63(5) Institutional and Human Storyteller in Relationship to the Studied 68(3) Institutional and Human Portrayals as Technically Competent Storyteller 71(5) Institutional and Human Scientist as Field-Knowledgeable Storyteller 76(5) 5. Re-Writing the Story 81(32) Re-Writing the Manuscript Prior to Journal Review 83(3) Re-Writing the Manuscript During the Journal Review Process 86(22) Engaging and Re-Writing the Field Story and What It Is About 87(4) Re-Writing the Articulated Theorized Storylines 91(9) How Authors Engage Reviewer Suggestions for Re-Writing the Manuscript 100(8) Reflections on the Re-Written Manuscripts 108(2) Conclusion 110(3) Concluding Comments 113(4) Writing and Re-Writing 114(1) Sharing 115(1) Reading 115(2) References 117(10) Index 127(8) About the Authors 135