This handbook's second edition represents the state of the art for the theory and practice of qualitative inquiry. It features eight new topics, including autoethnography, critical race theory, applied ethnography, queer theory, and "testimonio"every chapter in the handbook has been thoroughly revised and updated. The book contains:"Preface" (1 chapter); "Part I--Locating the Field" (4 chapters); "Part II--Paradigms and Perspectives in Transition" (7 chapters); "Part III- -Strategies of Inquiry" (11 chapters); "Part IV--Methods of Collecting and Analyzing Empirical Materials" (10 chapters); "Part V--The Art and Practices of Interpretation, Evaluation, and Representation" (6 chapters); "Part VI--Future of Qualitative Research" (2 chapters). Contains two indices. (BT)