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Norman Denzin tried to address some of this in relation to research and the power of ethnographic work (Street Corner Society), which played a big part in questioning the fact/fiction boundary again in terms of ultimate research purposes (pragmatism again) Qualitative Inquiry, Vol. 2, No. 2, 230-241 (1996) DOI: 10.1177/107780049600200207 © 1996 SAGE Publications The Facts and Fictions of Qualitative Inquiry Norman K. Denzin University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign William Foote Whyte's defense of the methodology used in Street Corner Society is used as an occasion to examine the work of the New Journalists who struggled to redefine the fact-fiction distinction in ethnographic and journalistic discourse. The relevance of this discourse for contemporary qualitative inquiry is discussed. Also see Between Fiction and the ‘Greater Truth’-Representation and Reality in Tom Wolfe’s" The Electric … M Regler - content.grin.com Understanding Media Enjoyment: The Role of Transportation Into Narrative Worlds MC Green - Communication Theory, 2004 - Blackwell Synergy Fiction and Nonfiction: Problems in the Study of Cuban Foreign Policy DJ Fernandez - Latin American Research Review, 1990 (Oh and I have a very good book on foundational fictions for latin america on my shelf, which forms part of my past as a Spanish lecturer - talk about consequences - I was in Panama two weeks before and two weeks after the US invaded (all sorts of fictions there) and also served as translator/interpreter fir two representative s of the Cuban regime visiting New Zeal;and, one of whom was a former companion of Che's now that IS a foundational fiction of some epic proportions)