Contours of Culture

Complex Ethnography and the Ethnography of Complexity

AvPaul Atkinson,Sara Delamont

Inbunden, Engelska, 2007

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In Contours of Culture the authors discuss the uses of various ethnographic methods in the study of culture, drawing on their field research with an opera company, Welsh artists, and classes on the popular Brazilian martial art capoeira. In their practical research and in the research of other scolars, they encounter complex problems and themes that often require new ways of organizing and conceiving cultural material, and even new ways of giving expression to phenomena that are only partially understood. This book is not only about the inherent complexities involved in ethnography; it is also about the kinds of opportunities available to researchers immersed in this complexity and how they might grasp cultural settings in their entirety.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2007-12-24
Mått:161 x 243 x 22 mm
Vikt:556 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:268
Förlag:AltaMira Press
ISBN:9780759107052

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Paul Atkinson is Distinguished Research Professor in sociology at Cardiff University, in Wales. Sara Delamont is a reader in sociology at Cardiff University. William Housley is a lecturer in sociology at Cardiff University.

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This is a powerful book, compelling in detail, vision, and grasp of the contemporary landscape in ethnographic research. The authors steer the field back to foundational moorings, to the careful ethnographic study of the multiple forms of daily life, including discourse, social interaction, narratives, stories, places, and spaces. We've long needed a book like this. In its passionate call for a return to foundations, it represents cutting-edge new directions in qualitative inquiry.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1 Contours of EthnographyChapter 2 Ethnographic Research: Unity and DiversityChapter 3 Discourse and Social InteractionChapter 4 Narratives and Other Stories5 Materials and Traces6 Places, Spaces, and Timescapes7 Visual and Sensory CulturesChapter 8 Complex Ethnography, Ethnography of Complexity