For ethnography / Paul Atkinson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Atkinson, Paul, 1947- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnology.

Physical Description:

221 pages ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Ethnography

Place of Publication:

London : SAGE, 2015.

Summary:

This major book from one of the world's foremost authorities recaptures the classic inspirations of ethnographic fieldwork in sociology and anthropology, reflecting on decades of methodological development and empirical research. It is part manifesto, part guidance on the appropriate locus of the ethnographic gaze. Throughout Atkinson insists that ethnographic research must be faithful to the intrinsic and complex organisation of everyday life. An attempt to rescue ethnography from contemporary 'qualitative' research, it is a corrective lo the corrosive effects of postmodernism on the analysis of social organization and social action. Atkinson affirms the value of fieldwork. white incorporating contemporary perspectives on social analysis. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction 1

2 The Perspectives of Ethnography 9

3 Fieldwork Commitments 34

4 Analytic Perspectives 55

5 Interaction and the Ceremonial Order 73

6 Accounts and Narratives 92

7 Aesthetics, Artefacts and Techniques 109

8 Structuring Forms 129

9 Representations 153

10 The Ethics of Ethnography 172

11 Conclusions 189.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781849206082

1849206082

9781849206075

1849206074

OCLC:

900786328