Tales of the Field On Writing Ethnography, Second Edition

Name: Tales of the Field On Writing Ethnography, Second Edition
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ISBN: 9780226849645

ISBN-10: 0226849643

ISBN-13: 9780226849645

Edition: 2nd 2011

Authors: John Van Maanen

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Once upon a time ethnographers returning from the field simply sat down, shuffled their note cards, and wrote up their descriptions of the exotic and quaint customs they had observed. Today scholars in all disciplines are realizing how their research is presented is at least as important as what is presented. Questions of voice, style, and audience--the classic issues of rhetoric--have come to the forefront in academic circles. John Van Maanen, an experienced ethnographer of modern organizational structures, is one who believes that the real work begins when he returns to his office with cartons of notes and tapes. In Tales of the Field he offers readers a survey of the narrative…

Book details

List price: $19.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 7/1/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 232
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Prologue


Preface



Fieldwork, Culture, and Ethnography



In Pursuit of Culture



Realist Tales



Confessional Tales



Impressionist Tales



Fieldwork, Culture, and Ethnography Revisited


Epilogue


References


Index