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Tales of the Field: On Writing Ethnography

Tales of the Field: On Writing Ethnography

Van Maanen, John

Paperback

Series: Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing

AnthropologyGeneral Racism & Ethnic Studies

ISBN10: 0226849643
ISBN13: 9780226849645
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: Jul 1 2011
Pages: 232
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.30
Language: English

For more than twenty years, John Van Maanen's Tales of the Field has been a definitive reference and guide for students, scholars, and practitioners of ethnography and beyond. Originally published in 1988, it was the one of the first works to detail and critically analyze the various styles and narrative conventions associated with written representations of culture. This is a book about the deskwork of fieldwork and the various ways culture is put forth in print. The core of the work is an extended discussion and illustration of three forms or genres of cultural representation--realist tales, confessional tales, and impressionist tales. The novel issues raised in Tales concern authorial voice, style, truth, objectivity, and point-of-view. Over the years, the work has both reflected and shaped changes in the field of ethnography.

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