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Overview
Ethnographic Research: A Reader presents in a single volume a selection of ten recently published studies intended to illustrate the variety of social research which is currently being conducted within the ethnographic tradition. Together with an accompanying editorial introduction and a carefully selected range of Guided Reading Exercises, this text should provide students with solid grounding of the different underlying assumptions, researchers' positions, methods of data collection and theoretical approaches within this broadly defined research tradition. The collection includes research from a range of different countries (Britain, The USA, Australia, Lebanon and India) and studies from a multitude of disciplines and contexts.
Synopsis
Ethnographic Research: A Reader presents in a single volume a selection of ten recently published studies intended to illustrate the variety of social research which is currently being conducted within the ethnographic tradition. Together with an accompanying editorial introduction and a carefully selected range of Guided Reading Exercises, this text should provide students with solid grounding of the different underlying assumptions, researchers' positions, methods of data collection and theoretical approaches within this broadly defined research tradition. The collection includes research from a range of different countries (Britain, The USA, Australia, Lebanon and India) and studies from a multitude of disciplines and contexts.
Booknews
In a reader that is part of an Open U. (UK) masters course, ten contributed chapters published between 1995 and 2000 exemplify recent research trends in ethnography. Topics as diverse as drug-taking subcultures, gendered identity, workplace sexual harassment, the consumption of cultural products, and humor as resistance to professional dominance in mental health teams illustrate the focus on "lived experience within the social"; recent theoretical treatment of change without resorting to simplistic models; and interpretation issues in qualitative research. Includes guided reading exercises on the chapters. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)