Handbook of Ethnography

Paul Atkinson - Cardiff University, UK
Amanda Coffey - University of Cardiff, UK
Sara Delamont - Cardiff University, UK
John Lofland - University of California, Davis, USA
Lyn H Lofland - University of California, Davis, USA
Handbook of Ethnography
March 2001 | 528 pages | Sage UK
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`A marvellous achievement! The Handbook has all the marks of a winner - compelling writing, comprehensive coverage and very useful discussions. This is a real benchmark for ethnography. It will set the background for debate and point to new directions for years to come. My graduate students will love it' - Jaber F Gubrium, University of Florida, Gainesville

`The Handbook of Ethnography compiles invaluable, original, critical essays on ethnographic work, earning it a place on everyone's must-have bookshelf' - Virginia Olesen, University of California, San Francisco

'The Handbook of Ethnography provides an informed and sophisticated perspective on the nature of ethnography, its historical grounding and substantive applications, the variety of practices that constitute it, and its likely future directions. As such, it is a very valuable resource for post-graduates and experienced researchers alike and is an important contribution to the literature on social research methodologies' - Qualitative Research

 

Ethnography is one of the chief research methods in sociology, anthropology and other cognate disciplines in the social sciences. This Handbook provides an unparalleled, critical guide to its principles and practice. The volume is organized into three sections. The first systematically locates ethnography firmly in its relevant historical and intellectual contexts. The roots of ethnography are pinpointed and the pattern of its development is demonstrated. The second section examines the contribution of ethnography to major fields of substantive research. The impact and strengths and weaknesses of ethnographic method are dealt with authoritatively and accessibly. The third section moves on to examine key debates and issues in ethnography, from the conduct of research through to contemporary arguments. The result is a landmark work in the field, which draws on the expertise of an internationally reknowned group of inter-disicplinary scholars. The Handbook provides readers with a one-stop critical guide to the past, present and future of ethnography. It will quickly establish itself as the ethnographer's bible.

Contents

Introduction to Part One

Introduction to Part One

The Chicago School of Ethnography

The Chicago School of Ethnography

Symbolic Interactionism and Ethnography

Symbolic Interactionism and Ethnography

Currents of Cultural Fieldwork

Currents of Cultural Fieldwork

British Social Anthropology

British Social Anthropology

Into the Community

Into the Community

Mass-Observation's Fieldwork Methods

Mass-Observation's Fieldwork Methods

Orientalism

Orientalism

Ethnomethodology and Ethnography

Ethnomethodology and Ethnography

Phenomenology and Ethnography

Phenomenology and Ethnography

Semiotics, Semantics and Ethnography

Semiotics, Semantics and Ethnography

Grounded Theory in Ethnography

Grounded Theory in Ethnography

Introduction to Part Two

Introduction to Part Two

The Ethnography of Health and Medicine

The Ethnography of Health and Medicine

Ethnographic Research in Educational Settings

Ethnographic Research in Educational Settings

Ethnography and the Study of Deviance

Ethnography and the Study of Deviance

Ethnographies of Work and the Work of Ethnographers

Ethnographies of Work and the Work of Ethnographers

Ethnography and the Development of Science and Technology Studies

Ethnography and the Development of Science and Technology Studies

Ethnography in the Study of Children and Childhood

Ethnography in the Study of Children and Childhood

Ethnography and Material Culture

Ethnography and Material Culture

Ethnography

  • A Critical Turn in Cultural Studies

The Ethnography of Communication

The Ethnography of Communication

Technologies of Realism? Ethnographic Uses of Photography and Film

Technologies of Realism? Ethnographic Uses of Photography and Film

Introduction to Part Three

Introduction to Part Three

Ethnography as Work

  • Career Socialization, Settings and Problems

The Ethics of Ethnography

The Ethics of Ethnography

Participant Observation and Fieldnotes

Participant Observation and Fieldnotes

Ethnographic Interviewing

Ethnographic Interviewing

Narrative Analysis in Ethnography

Narrative Analysis in Ethnography

The Call of Life Stories in Ethnographic Research

The Call of Life Stories in Ethnographic Research

Autobiography, Intimacy and Ethnography

Autobiography, Intimacy and Ethnography

Feminist Ethnography

Feminist Ethnography

Ethnography After Post-modernism

Ethnography After Post-modernism

Computer Applications in Qualitative Research

Computer Applications in Qualitative Research

Ethnodrama

  • Performed Research-limitations and Potential

Postmodernism, Post-Structuralism and Post (Critical) Ethnography

  • Of Ruins, Aporias and Angels

Resources

Forum for Qualitative Social Research

Forum for Qualitative Social Research
http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs/book-reviews/exis-reviews-e.htm

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`A marvellous achievement! The Handbook has all the marks of a winner - compelling writing, comprehensive coverage and very useful discussions. This is a real benchmark for ethnography. It will set the background for debate and point to new directions for years to come. My graduate students will love it' - Jaber F Gubrium, University of Florida, Gainesville

`The Handbook of Ethnography compiles invaluable, original, critical essays on ethnographic work, earning it a place on everyone's must-have bookshelf' - Virginia Olesen, University of California, San Francisco

'The Handbook of Ethnography provides an informed and sophisticated perspective on the nature of ethnography, its historical grounding and substantive applications, the variety of practices that constitute it, and its likely future directions. As such, it is a very valuable resource for post-graduates and experienced researchers alike and is an important contribution to the literature on social research methodologies' - Qualitative Research

 

Ethnography is one of the chief research methods in sociology, anthropology and other cognate disciplines in the social sciences. This Handbook provides an unparalleled, critical guide to its principles and practice. The volume is organized into three sections. The first systematically locates ethnography firmly in its relevant historical and intellectual contexts. The roots of ethnography are pinpointed and the pattern of its development is demonstrated. The second section examines the contribution of ethnography to major fields of substantive research. The impact and strengths and weaknesses of ethnographic method are dealt with authoritatively and accessibly. The third section moves on to examine key debates and issues in ethnography, from the conduct of research through to contemporary arguments. The result is a landmark work in the field, which draws on the expertise of an internationally reknowned group of inter-disicplinary scholars. The Handbook provides readers with a one-stop critical guide to the past, present and future of ethnography. It will quickly establish itself as the ethnographer's bible.

Contents

Introduction to Part One

Introduction to Part One

The Chicago School of Ethnography

The Chicago School of Ethnography

Symbolic Interactionism and Ethnography

Symbolic Interactionism and Ethnography

Currents of Cultural Fieldwork

Currents of Cultural Fieldwork

British Social Anthropology

British Social Anthropology

Into the Community

Into the Community

Mass-Observation's Fieldwork Methods

Mass-Observation's Fieldwork Methods

Orientalism

Orientalism

Ethnomethodology and Ethnography

Ethnomethodology and Ethnography

Phenomenology and Ethnography

Phenomenology and Ethnography

Semiotics, Semantics and Ethnography

Semiotics, Semantics and Ethnography

Grounded Theory in Ethnography

Grounded Theory in Ethnography

Introduction to Part Two

Introduction to Part Two

The Ethnography of Health and Medicine

The Ethnography of Health and Medicine

Ethnographic Research in Educational Settings

Ethnographic Research in Educational Settings

Ethnography and the Study of Deviance

Ethnography and the Study of Deviance

Ethnographies of Work and the Work of Ethnographers

Ethnographies of Work and the Work of Ethnographers

Ethnography and the Development of Science and Technology Studies

Ethnography and the Development of Science and Technology Studies

Ethnography in the Study of Children and Childhood

Ethnography in the Study of Children and Childhood

Ethnography and Material Culture

Ethnography and Material Culture

Ethnography

  • A Critical Turn in Cultural Studies

The Ethnography of Communication

The Ethnography of Communication

Technologies of Realism? Ethnographic Uses of Photography and Film

Technologies of Realism? Ethnographic Uses of Photography and Film

Introduction to Part Three

Introduction to Part Three

Ethnography as Work

  • Career Socialization, Settings and Problems

The Ethics of Ethnography

The Ethics of Ethnography

Participant Observation and Fieldnotes

Participant Observation and Fieldnotes

Ethnographic Interviewing

Ethnographic Interviewing

Narrative Analysis in Ethnography

Narrative Analysis in Ethnography

The Call of Life Stories in Ethnographic Research

The Call of Life Stories in Ethnographic Research

Autobiography, Intimacy and Ethnography

Autobiography, Intimacy and Ethnography

Feminist Ethnography

Feminist Ethnography

Ethnography After Post-modernism

Ethnography After Post-modernism

Computer Applications in Qualitative Research

Computer Applications in Qualitative Research

Ethnodrama

  • Performed Research-limitations and Potential

Postmodernism, Post-Structuralism and Post (Critical) Ethnography

  • Of Ruins, Aporias and Angels

Resources

Forum for Qualitative Social Research

Forum for Qualitative Social Research
http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs/book-reviews/exis-reviews-e.htm

March 2001 | 528 pages | Sage UK

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`A marvellous achievement! The Handbook has all the marks of a winner - compelling writing, comprehensive coverage and very useful discussions. This is a real benchmark for ethnography. It will set the background for debate and point to new directions for years to come. My graduate students will love it' - Jaber F Gubrium, University of Florida, Gainesville

`The Handbook of Ethnography compiles invaluable, original, critical essays on ethnographic work, earning it a place on everyone's must-have bookshelf' - Virginia Olesen, University of California, San Francisco

'The Handbook of Ethnography provides an informed and sophisticated perspective on the nature of ethnography, its historical grounding and substantive applications, the variety of practices that constitute it, and its likely future directions. As such, it is a very valuable resource for post-graduates and experienced researchers alike and is an important contribution to the literature on social research methodologies' - Qualitative Research

 

Ethnography is one of the chief research methods in sociology, anthropology and other cognate disciplines in the social sciences. This Handbook provides an unparalleled, critical guide to its principles and practice. The volume is organized into three sections. The first systematically locates ethnography firmly in its relevant historical and intellectual contexts. The roots of ethnography are pinpointed and the pattern of its development is demonstrated. The second section examines the contribution of ethnography to major fields of substantive research. The impact and strengths and weaknesses of ethnographic method are dealt with authoritatively and accessibly. The third section moves on to examine key debates and issues in ethnography, from the conduct of research through to contemporary arguments. The result is a landmark work in the field, which draws on the expertise of an internationally reknowned group of inter-disicplinary scholars. The Handbook provides readers with a one-stop critical guide to the past, present and future of ethnography. It will quickly establish itself as the ethnographer's bible.


Table Of Contents:

  • Introduction to Part One
  • The Chicago School of Ethnography
  • Symbolic Interactionism and Ethnography
  • Currents of Cultural Fieldwork
  • British Social Anthropology
  • Into the Community
  • Mass-Observation's Fieldwork Methods
  • Orientalism
  • Ethnomethodology and Ethnography
  • Phenomenology and Ethnography
  • Semiotics, Semantics and Ethnography
  • Grounded Theory in Ethnography
  • Introduction to Part Two
  • The Ethnography of Health and Medicine
  • Ethnographic Research in Educational Settings
  • Ethnography and the Study of Deviance
  • Ethnographies of Work and the Work of Ethnographers
  • Ethnography and the Development of Science and Technology Studies
  • Ethnography in the Study of Children and Childhood
  • Ethnography and Material Culture
  • Ethnography
  • A Critical Turn in Cultural Studies
  • The Ethnography of Communication
  • Technologies of Realism? Ethnographic Uses of Photography and Film
  • Introduction to Part Three
  • Ethnography as Work
  • Career Socialization, Settings and Problems
  • The Ethics of Ethnography
  • Participant Observation and Fieldnotes
  • Ethnographic Interviewing
  • Narrative Analysis in Ethnography
  • The Call of Life Stories in Ethnographic Research
  • Autobiography, Intimacy and Ethnography
  • Feminist Ethnography
  • Ethnography After Post-modernism
  • Computer Applications in Qualitative Research
  • Ethnodrama
  • Performed Research-limitations and Potential
  • Postmodernism, Post-Structuralism and Post (Critical) Ethnography
  • Of Ruins, Aporias and Angels

Recent Product Reviews:

`This wonderful Handbook establishes the central, and complex place ethnography now occupies in the human disciplines. All future work will begin here. This Handbook will soon become required reading for all scholars and graduate students who wish to be knowledgeable in this complex field of inquiry. This is a stunning accomplishment. The field owes the editors and their contributors a major debt of thanks' - Norman K Denzin, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign `A marvellous achievement! The Handbook has all the marks of a winner - compelling writing, comprehensive coverage and very useful discussions. This is a real benchmark for ethnography. It will set the background for debate and point to new directions for years to come. My graduate students will love it' - Jaber F Gubrium, University of Florida, Gainesville `The Handbook of Ethnography compiles invaluable, original, critical essays on ethnographic work, earning it a place on everyone's must-have bookshelf' - Virginia Olesen, University of California, San Francisco

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