Tales of the field : on writing ethnography / John van Maanen.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishingPublication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1988.Description: xvi, 173 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0226849619
  • 9780226849614
  • 0226849627
  • 9780226849621
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • GN 307.7 .V36 1988
Online resources:
Contents:
Fieldwork, Culture, and Ethnography -- In Pursuit of Culture -- Realist Tales -- Confessional Tales -- Impressionist Tales -- Fieldwork, Culture, and Ethnography Revisited.
Awards:
  • Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction Charles Horton Cooley Award, 1989.
Summary: Identifies narrative conventions in ethnology, analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of various writing styles, and shows examples of each approach.
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Book Storms Research Center Main Collection GN 307.7 .V36 1988 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 98649060

Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-166) and index.

Fieldwork, Culture, and Ethnography -- In Pursuit of Culture -- Realist Tales -- Confessional Tales -- Impressionist Tales -- Fieldwork, Culture, and Ethnography Revisited.

Identifies narrative conventions in ethnology, analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of various writing styles, and shows examples of each approach.

Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction Charles Horton Cooley Award, 1989.

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