Writing the New Ethnography

by H. L. Goodall Jr.

Overview

Writing the New Ethnography provides a foundational understanding of the writing processes associated with composing new forms of qualitative writing in the social sciences. Goodall's distinctive style will engage and energize students, offering them provocative advice and exercises for turning qualitative data and field notes into compelling representations of social life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780759117259
Publisher:	AltaMira Press
Publication date:	01/19/2000
Series:	Ethnographic Alternatives , #7
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	250
File size:	547 KB

About the Author

H. L. Goodall is Professor and Head of the Hugh Downs School of Communication at Arizona State University. He is the author or co-author of 17 books including his groundbreaking ethnographic trilogy: Casing a Promised Land, Living in the Rock n' Roll Mystery and Divine Signs: Connecting Spirit to Community.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 On Becoming an Ethnographer in the Academy
Chapter 2 Finding the Story in Ethnographic Words
Chapter 3 Representing Ethnographic Experiences: From Fieldwork to Fieldnotes to Stories
Chapter 4 Voice, Reflexivity, and Character: The Construction of Identities in Texts
Chapter 5 The Ethics of Writing Ethnography
Chapter 6 The Future of New Ethnographic Writing

Editorial Reviews

Everyone who writes ethnography, old and new, should read Writing the New Ethnography. The book demystifies the writing process in a very honest way, and I know I'll require it the next time I teach my ethnography class.

Nick Trujillo

Everyone who writes ethnography, old and new, should read Writing the New Ethnography. The book demystifies the writing process in a very honest way, and I know I'll require it the next time I teach my ethnography class.--Nick Trujillo, (California State University, Sacramento)

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