Tales of the field : on writing ethnography / John van Maanen.
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TextSeries: Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishingPublication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1988.Description: xvi, 173 pages ; 23 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0226849619
- 9780226849614
- 0226849627
- 9780226849621
- GN 307.7 .V36 1988
- Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction Charles Horton Cooley Award, 1989.
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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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