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The interview : an ethnographic approach /

This volume examines the use of interviews by placing the interview itself in the hot-seat, exploring its nature, techniques, and illustrative case studies. It also addresses key issues such as awkwardness, silence and censorship, and will appeal to social scientists and anthropologists using interv...

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Corporate Author: Association of Social Anthropologists of the UK and the Commonwealth. Conference
Other Authors: Skinner, Jonathan, 1970-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Berg, 2012.
Edition:English ed.
Series:A.S.A. monographs ; 49.
Subjects:
Interviewing in ethnology > Congresses.
Ethnology > Fieldwork > Congresses.
Interviewing > Congresses.
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Summary:This volume examines the use of interviews by placing the interview itself in the hot-seat, exploring its nature, techniques, and illustrative case studies. It also addresses key issues such as awkwardness, silence and censorship, and will appeal to social scientists and anthropologists using interviews in their research.
Item Description:"The volume represents best papers from the ASA annual conference held at Queen's University Belfast, Easter 2010"--P. ix.
Physical Description:xiv, 271 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781847889409 (Cloth)
1847889409 (Cloth)
9781847889393 (Paper)
1847889395 (Paper)
9781847889423 (e-ISBN : institutional)
1847889425 (e-ISBN : institutional)
9781847889416 (e-ISBN : individual)
1847889417 (e-ISBN : individual)
ISSN:0066-9679 ;