In Contours Of Culture The Authors Discuss The Uses Of Various Ethnographic Methods In The Study Of Culture, Drawing On Their Field Research With An Opera Company, Welsh Artists, And Classes On The Popular Brazilian Martial Art Capoeira. In Their Practical Research And In The Research Of Other Scolars, They Encounter Complex Problems And Themes That Often Require New Ways Of Organizing And Conceiving Cultural Material, And Even New Ways Of Giving Expression To Phenomena That Are Only Partially Understood. This Book Is Not Only About The Inherent Complexities Involved In Ethnography; It Is Also About The Kinds Of Opportunities Available To Researchers Immersed In This Complexity And How They Might Grasp Cultural Settings In Their Entirety.--jacket. Contours Of Ethnography -- Ethnographic Research : Unity And Diversity -- Discourse And Social Interaction -- Narratives And Other Stories -- Materials And Traces -- Places, Spaces, And Timescapes -- Visual And Sensory Cultures -- Complex Ethnography, Ethnography Of Complexity. Paul Atkinson, Sara Delamont, And William Housley. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 223-244) And Index.

Paul Atkinson, Sara Delamont, William Housley

United States, United States of America

December 28, 2007

Lanham, MD, ©2008

1, 2007

In Contours of Culture, the authors discuss the uses of various ethnographic methods in the study of culture, drawing on their field research with an opera company, Welsh artists, and classes on the popular Brazilian martial art capoeira. In their practical research and in the research of other scholars, they encounter complex problems and themes that often require new ways of organizing and conceiving cultural material, and even new ways of giving expression to phenomena that are only partially understood. This book is not only about the inherent complexities involved in ethnography, it is also about the kinds of opportunities available to researchers immersed in this complexity and how they might grasp cultural settings in their entirety.<br><p><b>About the Author:</b><br>Paul Atkinson is Distinguished Research Professor in sociology at Cardiff University<br></p><p><b>About the Author:</b><br>Sara Delamont is Reader in sociology at Cardiff University<br></p><p><b>About the Author:</b><br>William Housley is Senior Lecturer in sociology at Cardiff University</p>

vii, 260 p. ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-244) and index
Contours of ethnography -- Ethnographic research : unity and diversity -- Discourse and social interaction -- Narratives and other stories -- Materials and traces -- Places, spaces, and timescapes -- Visual and sensory cultures -- Complex ethnography, ethnography of complexity

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