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Ethnography Anthony Kwame Harrison (Associate Professor of Sociology, Associate Professor of Sociology, Virginia Tech)

Ethnography By Anthony Kwame Harrison (Associate Professor of Sociology, Associate Professor of Sociology, Virginia Tech)

Summary

Ethnography introduces readers to traditions of ethnographic research and writing through detailed discussions of their histories, exploratory designs, representational conventions, and standards of evaluation. While situating ethnography within its original, anthropological context, the book simultaneously introduces new frameworks for grasping its rich and ever expanding practices.

Ethnography Summary

Ethnography by Anthony Kwame Harrison (Associate Professor of Sociology, Associate Professor of Sociology, Virginia Tech)

Ethnography familiarizes readers with ethnographic research and writing traditions through detailed discussions of ethnography's history, exploratory design, representational conventions, and standards of evaluation. Responding to the proliferation of ethnography both within and outside of academia, in this book, Anthony Kwame Harrison grounds ethnographic practices within the anthropological principles of cultural awareness, thick description, and embodied understanding. At the same time, the book introduces new frameworks for grasping ethnography's simultaneous strategic and improvisational imperatives, as well as for appreciating its experimental conventions of social science and humanistic research reporting. Central to this process, Ethnography introduces the concept of ethnographic comportment-defined as an historically informed politics of position that impacts ethnographers' conduct and disposition-which serves as a standard for gauging and engaging ethnography throughout the text. Part research primer, writing guide, and assessment handbook, Ethnography provides readers with a comprehensive introduction to one of the richest and most expansive traditions of qualitative research.

About Anthony Kwame Harrison (Associate Professor of Sociology, Associate Professor of Sociology, Virginia Tech)

Anthony Kwame Harrison is a cultural anthropologist teaching in the Department of Sociology and program in Africana Studies at Virginia Tech, where he serves as the Gloria D. Smith Professor. His research examines processes of racialization in spaces of leisure and popular music scenes. He is the author of Hip Hop Underground: The Integrity and Ethics of Racial Identification (Temple University Press, 2009) and has published widely on qualitative research methodologies. A winner of numerous teaching awards, Kwame teaches graduate level qualitative research methods and the history of sociological thought.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction to Ethnography Chapter 2 Research Design Chapter 3 Writing-up Ethnographic Methodologies Chapter 4 Writing-up Research Findings Chapter 5 Discussion and Evaluation Notes References Index

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NLS9780199371785
9780199371785
0199371784
Ethnography by Anthony Kwame Harrison (Associate Professor of Sociology, Associate Professor of Sociology, Virginia Tech)
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Oxford University Press Inc
2018-05-24
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