Festschrift in Honor of Norman K. Denzin
He Knew His Song Well
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Due to his major contributions in qualitative inquiries, Norman K. Denzin is regarded as ‘the Father of Qualitative Inquiries.’Festschrift in Honor of Norman K. Denzin: He Knew His Song Well, Volume 55 of Studies in Symbolic Interaction, is a compilation of writings published in his honor.
Featuring chapters which detail Denzin’s unrivalled contributions to qualitative inquiries, the authors describe the immense scope of Denzin’s qualitative research, from symbolic interactionism and postmodernism to justice studies. Documenting Denzin’s inclusive efforts to embrace various perspectives in qualitative inquiries to advance the mission of qualitative research, this edited collection chronicles Denzin’s continuous efforts in nurturing the field of qualitative inquiries via editorship and conference organization, fostering generations of qualitative researchers around the world.
This collection is a comprehensive and compelling read for students and academics interested in qualitative research who wish to chart the impressive impact that Norman K. Denzin’s work has had on the field.
Part I. Festschrift in Honor of Norman K. Denzin: He Knew His Song Well
- Chapter 1. “We Are Not Alone”: An Introduction to Norman Denzin’s ‘Book of Friends’; Michael D. Giardina
- Chapter 2. One Day at a Time: A Four Act Play Performed by Norman K. Denzin; John M. Johnson
- Chapter 3. My Apprenticeship on the Prairie: Theory, Method, and Research in the Naturalistic Study of Social Interaction; Michael G. Flaherty
- Chapter 4. Norm Denzin’s Empiricist Bent, Theory of the Self, and Focus on Paradoxical Agency; Michael A. Katovich
- Chapter 5. Norman Denzin: Building “A Bigger Tent”; Harry Torrance
- Chapter 6. A Case of You, Norman; Arthur P. Bochner
- Chapter 7. In Praise of Norman Denzin; Laurel Richardson
- Chapter 8. It’s a Wonderful Qualitative Life: Norman Denzin and the Building of a Qualitative Community; Mitchell Allen
- Chapter 9. Norman Denzin: Making Room for Capacious Inquiry; Stacy Holman Jones
- Chapter 10. Celebrating Norman K. Denzin; Robert E. Rinehart
- Chapter 11. Coming Out with Norman: Connecting Our Voices; Carolyn Ellis
- Chapter 12. Norman Denzin or a Life Dedicated to Social Transformation from the International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry; Aitor Gomez Gonzalez
- Chapter 13. I Seek You, ICQI; Sophie Tamas
- Chapter 14. A Moral Discourse: What Norman K. Denzin Does or Simply a Love Letter to My Dear Boss; Claudio Moreira
- Chapter 15. Three Movements for Norman Denzin; Bryant Keith Alexander
- Chapter 16. Denzin, Mills, and the Prophetic Pragmatic Promise and Task of the Sociological Imagination; Emily Noelle Sanchez Ignacio
- Chapter 17. Early Days in Champaign; Patricia Ticineto Clough
- Chapter 18. Fishing with the Goat: Honoring Norman K. Denzin; Joy Pierce
- Part II. Reflections
- Chapter A. Encounters at ICQI; Lubomir Popov
- Chapter B. Chance Encounters; Christopher T. Conner
- Chapter C. Ishmael’s Oatmeal; James Salvo
Shing-Ling S. Chen is Professor of Mass Communication in the Department of Communication and Media at the University of Northern Iowa, USA. Trained by Carl J. Couch as a symbolic interactionist, Chen researches information technologies and social orders, as well as communication processes and social relationships.