Ethnography

Now in its third edition this leading introduction to ethnography has been thoroughly updated and substantially rewritten. It offers a systematic introduction to ethnographic principles and practice. New material covers the use of visual and virtual research methods, hypermedia software and the issue of ethical regulation. There is also a new prologue and epilogue. The authors argue that ethnography is best understood as a reflexive process. What this means is that we must recognise that social research is part of the world that it studies. From an outline of the principle of reflexivity the authors go on to discuss and exemplify main features of ethnographic work, including: the selection and sampling of cases; the problems of access; observation and interviewing; recording and filing data; and, the process of data analysis and writing research reports. Throughout, the discussion draws on a wide range of illustrative material from classic and more recent studies within a global context. The new edition of this popular textbook will be an indispensable resource for students and researchers utilizing social research methods in the social sciences and cultural studies.

ISBN 0415396050   Pages 278 ISBN13 9780415396059 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd   Weight (grammes) 521 Imprint Routledge   Published in London Format Paperback   Previous ISBN 9780415086646 Publication date 14 Jun 2007   Height (mm) 246 Library of Congress 2007005419   Width (mm) 174 DEWEY 305.8   Spine width (mm) 18 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly

1		What is ethnography?		1
2		Research design : problems, cases and samples		20
3		Access		41
4		Field relations		63
5		Oral accounts and the role of interviewing		97
6		Documents and other artefacts, real and virtual		121
7		Recording and organizing data		140
8		The process of analysis		158
9		Writing ethnography		191
10		Ethics		209
		Epilogue : a distinctive analytic mentality		230

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