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title | : | Ethnography : Step By Step Applied Social Research Methods Series ; V. 17 |
author | : | Fetterman, David M. |
publisher | : | Sage Publications, Inc. |
isbn10 | asin | : | 076191384X |
print isbn13 | : | 9780761913849 |
ebook isbn13 | : | 9780585385020 |
language | : | English |
subject | Ethnology--Methodology. |
publication date | : | 1998 |
lcc | : | GN345.F47 1998eb |
ddc | : | 305.8/001 |
subject | : | Ethnology--Methodology. |
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ETHNOGRAPHY
Second Edition
Applied Social Research Methods Series
Volume 17
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APPLIED SOCIAL RESEARCH METHODS SERIES
Series Editors
LEONARD BICKMAN, Peabody College, Vanderbilt University, Nashville
DEBRA J. ROG, Vanderbilt University, Washington, DC
1. SURVEY RESEARCH METHODS (Second Edition) by FLOYD J. FOWLER, Jr. 2. SYNTHESIZING RESEARCH (Third Edition) by HARRIS M. COOPER 3. METHODS FOR POLICY RESEARCH by ANN MAJCHRZAK 4. SECONDARY RESEARCH (Second Edition) by DAVID W. STEWART and MICHAEL A. KAMINS 5. CASE STUDY RESEARCH (Second Edition) by ROBERT K. YIN 6. META-ANALYTIC PROCEDURES FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH (Revised Edition) by ROBERT ROSENTHAL 7. TELEPHONE SURVEY METHODS (Second Edition) by PAUL J. LAVRAKAS 8. DIAGNOSING ORGANIZATIONS (Second Edition) by MICHAEL I. HARRISON 9. GROUP TECHNIQUES FOR IDEA BUILDING (Second Edition) by CARL M. MOORE 10. NEED ANALYSIS by JACK McKILLIP 11. LINKING AUDITING AND METAEVALUATION by THOMAS A. SCHWANDT and EDWARD S. HALPERN 12. ETHICS AND VALUES IN APPLIED SOCIAL RESEARCH by ALLAN J. KIMMEL 13. ON TIME AND METHOD by JANICE R. KELLY and JOSEPH E. McGRATH 14. RESEARCH IN HEALTH CARE SETTINGS by KATHLEEN E. GRADY and BARBARA STRUDLER WALLSTON 15. PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION by DANNY L. JORGENSEN | 16. INTERPRETIVE INTERACTIONISM by NORMAN K. DENZIN 17. ETHNOGRAPHY (Second Edition) by DAVID M. FETTERMAN 18. STANDARDIZED SURVEY INTERVIEWING by FLOYD J. FOWLER, Jr. and THOMAS W. MANGIONE 19. PRODUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT by ROBERT O. BRINKERHOFF and DENNIS E. DRESSLER 20. FOCUS GROUPS by DAVID W. STEWART and PREM N. SHAMDASANI 21. PRACTICAL SAMPLING by GARY T. HENRY 22. DECISION RESEARCH by JOHN S. CARROLL and ERIC J. JOHNSON 23. RESEARCH WITH HISPANIC POPULATIONS by GERARDO MARIN and BARBARA VANOSS MARIN 24. INTERNAL EVALUATION by ARNOLD J. LOVE 25. COMPUTER SIMULATION APPLICATIONS by MARCIA LYNN WHICKER and LEE SIGELMAN 26. SCALE DEVELOPMENT by ROBERT F. DeVELLIS 27. STUDYING FAMILIES by ANNE P. COPELAND and KATHLEEN M. WHITE 28. EVENT HISTORY ANALYSIS by KAZUO YAMAGUCHI 29. RESEARCH IN EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS by GEOFFREY MARUYAMA and STANLEY DENO 30. RESEARCHING PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS by ROSALIND J. DWORKIN 31. PLANNING ETHICALLY RESPONSIBLE RESEARCH by JOAN E. SIEBER |
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ETHNOGRAPHY
Second Edition
Step by Step
David M. Fetterman
Applied Social Research Methods Series
Volume 17
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Fetterman, David M.
Ethnography: Step by step / by David M. Fetterman.2nd ed.
p. cm.(Applied social research methods ; v. 17)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-7619-1384-X (alk. paper). ISBN 0-7619-1385-8 (pbk.: alk. paper)
1. EthnologyMethodology. I. Title. II. Series: Applied social research
methods series ; v. 17.
GN345.F47 1998
305.8'001dc21 97-33800
98 99 00 01 02 03 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
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Contents
Preface | ix |
Acknowledgments | x |
1. The First Step: An Overview | |
The Problem | |
Basic or Applied Role | |
Theory | |
Research Design: Fieldwork | |
Formal Analysis | |
The Ethnography | |
Book Organization | |
2. Walking in Rhythm: Anthropological Concepts | |
Culture | |
Holistic Perspective | |
Contextualization | |
Emic Perspective and Multiple Realities | |
Etic Perspective | |
Nonjudgmental Orientation | |
Inter- and Intracultural Diversity | |
Structure and Function | |
Symbol and Ritual | |
Micro- or Macrolevel Study | |
Operationalism | |
3. A Wilderness Guide: Methods and Techniques | |
Fieldwork | |
Selection And Sampling | |
Entry | |
Participant Observation | |
Interviewing |
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