| Description |
vii, 195 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction: ethnography as method and as genre -- Ethnography and the poetics of sociology -- Ethnography and the poetics of authoritative accounts -- Ethnography and the representation of reality -- Voices in the text: exemplars and the poetics of ethnography -- Narrative and the representation of social action -- Character and type: the textual construction of actors -- Difference, distance, and irony -- Conclusion: textual possibilities |
| Analysis |
Sociology Methodology |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-188) and index |
| Subject |
Ethnology -- Authorship.
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| LC no. |
89049330 |
| ISBN |
0415017610 (paperback) |
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0415050251 |
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