In the Field Readings on the Field Research Experience

Name: In the Field Readings on the Field Research Experience
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ISBN: 9780275933197

ISBN-10: 0275933199

ISBN-13: 9780275933197

Edition: N/A

Authors: Carolyn D. Smith, William Kornblum

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"These engaging accounts by masters of field research illustrate the synthesis of passionate involvement and objective analysis. An informative and inspiring collection for students and professional social scientists." Cynthia Fuchs Epstein Distinguished Professor of Sociology City University of New York This revised, edited volume brings together personal accounts by a group of noted ethnographic researchers to examine the "natural history" of participant observation. An ideal supplemental text for methods courses, In The Field is designed to give students a sense of what it is actually like to conduct ethnographic research. As the selections show, field researchers must struggle to gain…

Book details

List price: $15.95
Publisher: ABC-CLIO, LLC
Publication date: 11/9/1989
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 170
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



Preface


Introduction



Gaining



Place



Doing Research in the Flats



Exploring the Cocaine Culture



In the Field with Snake Handlers



Building Relationships Getting In



Earning a Place in the Hustler's World



Relations of the Road



Maintaining Objectivity Doing Research in Cornerville



Prostitution, Drug Use, and AIDS



On Studying South Chicago



The Caseworker



The Observer's Role Researching Peasants and Drug Producers



The Fieldworker and the Surgeon



The Outsider Phenomenon



Epilogue Finding Your Spot



Index