Julia Holdsworth – författare

Research termed 'ethnography' is increasingly being used in a diverse range of applied and business environments, and in particular by research workers in departments of business, health and education. This book is designed to engage with the student or researcher who is new to ethnography, to stimulate them to choose and use ethnography and to give them the tools and understanding necessary to do this in their own research. The book is aimed at the emerging ethnographic domains of health, education and business studies research and will bridge the gap between academic ideals and real-world demands.

Doing Ethnographic Research directly relates to social anthropology, sociology, social policy, criminology, education, business and marketing. It also take case studies and scenarios from areas such as health, nursing, and social work in order to make the reader aware of scope of ethnographic research methods which are increasingly being integrated into such courses at undergraduate level. This book is ideal for postgraduate students in a wide range of disciplines who are also trained in qualitative research methods.

Designed to engage with the student or researcher who is new to ethnography, this title also takes case studies and scenarios from areas such as health, nursing, and social work in order to make the reader aware of scope of ethnographic research methods which are increasingly being integrated into such courses at undergraduate level.

Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licenceGendering Women is an engaging and accessible account of how constructions of femininity fundamentally affect women's mental wellbeing through the life course. Led by women’s life history accounts of growing up and growing older in the north of England, this book shows how experiences of becoming and being a woman – in family life, education, employment, motherhood and situations of violence – both enable and erode self confidence and esteem. The challenges to women’s mental wellbeing cut across age and class differences and have profound impacts on the material conditions of women’s lives throughout the life course. This is in turn a driver of inequality that is often under-recognised in mainstream policy. Based on feminist and ethnographically informed research with over five hundred women Gendering women provides a critical link between gender theory and the lived realities of women’s daily lives and will appeal to students and academics in sociology and social sciences.