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Title The world observed : reflections on the fieldwork process / edited by Bruce Jackson and Edward D. Ives
Published Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [1996]
©1996

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Description xvi, 230 pages ; 24 cm
Series Folklore and society
Folklore and society.
Contents From entertainment to realization in Navajo fieldwork / Barre Toelken -- Four moments / Candace Slater -- Inquiry and epiphany in the culture of capitalism / Dan Rose -- I'm going to say it now / Alessandro Portelli -- Living dolls / Nancy Kalow -- From home to prison / Carol Burke -- The genius of Palermo / Michael Buonanno -- Crossing and recrossing the line and other moments of understanding / Dwight F. Reynolds -- Absorbed in gospel music / Lynwood Montell -- On time, truth, and epiphanies / Ellen J. Stekert -- Strategy and tactics in fieldwork / Neil V. Rosenberg -- Oral and written tradition / Edward D. Ives -- Stumbling upon Lancashire mill culture in New England / Anthony G. Barrand -- How I learned what a crock was / Howard S. Becker -- Who's gypsy here? / Carol Silverman -- The perfect informant / Bruce Jackson
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Subject Ethnology -- Fieldwork.
Ethnology -- Fieldwork.
Folklore -- Fieldwork.
Folklore -- Fieldwork.
Sociology -- Fieldwork.
Sociology -- Fieldwork.
Author Ives, Edward D.
Jackson, Bruce, 1936-
LC no. 95050152
ISBN 0252022297
0252065336
Other Titles Reflections on the fieldwork process