Writing and reading ethnography /
Ethnographic research is defined as much by its textual conventions as by its methods of data collection and analysis. Ethnographers reconstruct social worlds through their writing, and writing styles have varied between disciplines, generations of researchers, and theoretical orientations. There ar...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
SAGE Publications Ltd.,
2020.
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| Series: | Ethnographic representation.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Ethnographic research is defined as much by its textual conventions as by its methods of data collection and analysis. Ethnographers reconstruct social worlds through their writing, and writing styles have varied between disciplines, generations of researchers, and theoretical orientations. There are important and long-standing parallels between ethnographic and literary writing. In recent years, ethnographers have become increasingly self-aware about their own and others' writing and have explored the possibilities of different genres. Authors have therefore experimented with different, alternative, modes of writing. Awareness of textual conventions (among anthropologists in particular) has given rise to the "Bcrisis of representation." This has led to radical evaluations of how ethnographic representations are constructed. Textual awareness has also led to critical reflection on how ethnographic research is read. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781529746686 152974668X 9781526421036 1526421038 |