Ethnographies revisited : constructing theory in the field / edited by Antony J. Puddephatt, William Shaffir and Steven W. Kleinknecht.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kleinknecht, Steven W. (Steven William)

Puddephatt, Antony J.

Shaffir, William.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnology--Research.

Ethnology.

Ethnology--Methodology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (377 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Ethnographies Revisited provides first-hand accounts of how leading qualitative researchers crafted key theoretical concepts found in their major book-length ethnographies. Great ethnographic research lies not in the rigid execution of prescribed methodological procedures, but on the unrelenting cultivation of theoretical ideas. These contributors focus squarely on this neglected topic, providing reflexive accounts of how research decisions were made in light of emerging theoretical questions.The continuous generation of creative concepts is arguably the most importan

Contents:

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION: Exercises in re.exivity: situating theory in practice; Part I GENERATING GROUNDED THEORY; 1 LEARNING HOW TO SPEAK OF SADNESS; 2 RECOLLECTING GOOD AND BAD DAYS; 3 COLORFUL WRITING: Conducting and living with a tattoo ethnography; Part II WORKING WITH SENSITIZING CONCEPTS; 4 IMPROVISING ON SENSITIZING CONCEPTS; 5 ON DEVELOPING AND USING CONCEPTS IN AN ICELANDIC FIELD-RESEARCH SETTING; 6 BEHIND THE CONCEPTUAL SCENE OF STUDENT LIFE AND EXAMS; 7 HOW MURRAY MANOR BECAME AN ETHNOGRAPHY; Part III EXTENDING THEORETICAL FRAMES

8 HABITUS AS TOPIC AND TOOL Reflections on becoming a prizefighter9 RESEARCHING ALCOHOLICS AND ALCOHOLISM IN AMERICAN SOCIETY; 10 THE DEVELOPMENT OF LEISURE THEORY IN THREE NATURE-CHALLENGE HOBBIES; 11 TELLING TALES ABOUT HOW CONCEPTS DEVELOP: Stories from ethnographic encounters with the Moog synthesizer; Part IV CONCEPTUALIZING COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; 12 THE ETHNOGRAPHY BEHIND DEFENDERS OF THE FAITH; 13 ON PIECING THE PUZZLE: Researching Hassidic Jews; 14 USING A GESTALT PERSPECTIVE TO ANALYZE CHILDREN'S WORLDS

15 HOOKERS, ROUNDERS, AND DESK CLERKS: Encountering the reality of the hotel communityPart V CHALLENGING ESTABLISHED WISDOM; 16 MAKING THEORIES FROM WATER: Or, finding stratification in competitive swimming; 17 SOLVING THE MYSTERIES OF SHELTER WORK FOR THE BATTERED WOMAN; 18 THE PATH TAKEN: Opportunity, flexibility, and reflexivity in the field; 19 WALKING THE TALK: Doing Gravity's Shadow; Part VI THEORIZING FROM ALTERNATIVE DATA: Documentary, historical, and autobiographical sources; 20 WRITING THEORY IN(TO) LAST WRITES

21 CONCEPTUALIZING A PROFESSION IN PROCESS: The New Pediatrics revisited22 THE HISTORY, MYTH, AND SCIENCE OF MASADA: The making of an historical ethnography; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612576720

9781134055753

1134055757

9781134055760

1134055765

9781282576728

1282576720

9780203876503

0203876504

OCLC:

575710206