Performance Ethnography

Critical Pedagogy and the Politics of Culture
Norman K. Denzin - University of Illinois, Urbana - Champaign, USA
Performance Ethnography
June 2003 | 336 pages | Sage US
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Norman K. Denzin feels that now is the time to take stock of reflexive performance, ethnography, and autoethnography; to evaluate where each has been and where they are going, especially as they pertain to the study of democracy and racism in postmodern America.

In Performance Ethnography, one of the world's most distinguished authorities on qualitative research, established the initial published connection of performance narratives with performance ethnography and autoethnography; the linkage of these formations to critical pedagogy and critical race theory; and the histories of these formations, and shown how they may be connected.

 

Performance Ethnography is divided into three parts. Part I covers pedagogy, ethnography, performance, and theory as the foundation for a performative social science. Part II addresses the worlds of family, nature, praxis, and action, employing a structure that is equal parts memoir, essay, short story, and literary autoethnography. Part III examines the ethics and practical politics of performance autoethnography, anchored in the post-9/11 discourse in the United States. The amalgam serves as an invitation for social scientists and ethnographers to confront the politics of cultural studies and explore the multiple ways in which performance and ethnography can be both better understood and used as mechanisms for social change and economic justice.

 

Contents

Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements

Preface

Preface

PART 1: PERFORMANCE ETHNOGRAPHY

  • Chapter 1: The Call to Performance
  • Chapter 2: The Language of Performance
  • Chapter 3: The Cinematic Society and the Reflexive Interview
  • Chapter 4: Toward a Performative Social Science
  • Chapter 5: Reading and Writing Performance

PART 2: PERFORMANCE TEXTS: BONE DEEP IN LANDSCAPES

  • Chapter 6: Two-Stepping in the '90s
  • Chapter 7: Mother and Mickey
  • Chapter 8: Performing Montana
  • Chapter 9: Rock Creek History
  • Chapter 10: Cowboys and Indians
  • Chapter 11: Redskins and Chiefs
  • Chapter 12: Searching for Yellowstone

PART 3: PEDAGOGY, POLITICS AND ETHICS

  • Chapter 13: Critical Performance Pedagogy
  • Chapter 14: Performance Ethics

Bibliography

Bibliography

Index

Index

About the Author

About the Author

Description

Norman K. Denzin feels that now is the time to take stock of reflexive performance, ethnography, and autoethnography; to evaluate where each has been and where they are going, especially as they pertain to the study of democracy and racism in postmodern America.

In Performance Ethnography, one of the world's most distinguished authorities on qualitative research, established the initial published connection of performance narratives with performance ethnography and autoethnography; the linkage of these formations to critical pedagogy and critical race theory; and the histories of these formations, and shown how they may be connected.

 

Performance Ethnography is divided into three parts. Part I covers pedagogy, ethnography, performance, and theory as the foundation for a performative social science. Part II addresses the worlds of family, nature, praxis, and action, employing a structure that is equal parts memoir, essay, short story, and literary autoethnography. Part III examines the ethics and practical politics of performance autoethnography, anchored in the post-9/11 discourse in the United States. The amalgam serves as an invitation for social scientists and ethnographers to confront the politics of cultural studies and explore the multiple ways in which performance and ethnography can be both better understood and used as mechanisms for social change and economic justice.

 

Contents

Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements

Preface

Preface

PART 1: PERFORMANCE ETHNOGRAPHY

  • Chapter 1: The Call to Performance
  • Chapter 2: The Language of Performance
  • Chapter 3: The Cinematic Society and the Reflexive Interview
  • Chapter 4: Toward a Performative Social Science
  • Chapter 5: Reading and Writing Performance

PART 2: PERFORMANCE TEXTS: BONE DEEP IN LANDSCAPES

  • Chapter 6: Two-Stepping in the '90s
  • Chapter 7: Mother and Mickey
  • Chapter 8: Performing Montana
  • Chapter 9: Rock Creek History
  • Chapter 10: Cowboys and Indians
  • Chapter 11: Redskins and Chiefs
  • Chapter 12: Searching for Yellowstone

PART 3: PEDAGOGY, POLITICS AND ETHICS

  • Chapter 13: Critical Performance Pedagogy
  • Chapter 14: Performance Ethics

Bibliography

Bibliography

Index

Index

About the Author

About the Author

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Critical Pedagogy and the Politics of Culture

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Norman K. Denzin feels that now is the time to take stock of reflexive performance, ethnography, and autoethnography; to evaluate where each has been and where they are going, especially as they pertain to the study of democracy and racism in postmodern America.

In Performance Ethnography, one of the world's most distinguished authorities on qualitative research, established the initial published connection of performance narratives with performance ethnography and autoethnography; the linkage of these formations to critical pedagogy and critical race theory; and the histories of these formations, and shown how they may be connected.

 

Performance Ethnography is divided into three parts. Part I covers pedagogy, ethnography, performance, and theory as the foundation for a performative social science. Part II addresses the worlds of family, nature, praxis, and action, employing a structure that is equal parts memoir, essay, short story, and literary autoethnography. Part III examines the ethics and practical politics of performance autoethnography, anchored in the post-9/11 discourse in the United States. The amalgam serves as an invitation for social scientists and ethnographers to confront the politics of cultural studies and explore the multiple ways in which performance and ethnography can be both better understood and used as mechanisms for social change and economic justice.

 


Table Of Contents:

  • Acknowledgements
  • Preface
  • PART 1: PERFORMANCE ETHNOGRAPHY
  • Chapter 1: The Call to Performance
  • Chapter 2: The Language of Performance
  • Chapter 3: The Cinematic Society and the Reflexive Interview
  • Chapter 4: Toward a Performative Social Science
  • Chapter 5: Reading and Writing Performance
  • PART 2: PERFORMANCE TEXTS: BONE DEEP IN LANDSCAPES
  • Chapter 6: Two-Stepping in the '90s
  • Chapter 7: Mother and Mickey
  • Chapter 8: Performing Montana
  • Chapter 9: Rock Creek History
  • Chapter 10: Cowboys and Indians
  • Chapter 11: Redskins and Chiefs
  • Chapter 12: Searching for Yellowstone
  • PART 3: PEDAGOGY, POLITICS AND ETHICS
  • Chapter 13: Critical Performance Pedagogy
  • Chapter 14: Performance Ethics
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author

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