The Professional Stranger: An Informal Introduction to Ethnography - Softcover

Agar, Michael H.

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9780120438501: The Professional Stranger: An Informal Introduction to Ethnography

Synopsis

This edition of an introductory text opens with a chapter that brings ethnography up-to-date and aims it toward the next century. At a time when numerous disciplines, organizations, and communities are discovering ethnography, Agar shows how the fundamentals endure.

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About the Author

Michael H. Agar received his Ph.D. in anthropology at the Language-Behavior Research Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley. His recent books include Speaking of Ethnography, Independents Declared, and Language Shock. Agar has been doing ethnography for many years with a variety of people including heroin addicts, villagers in South India, independent truckers, and Austrian politicians.

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Review of the First Edition:
"Agar's writing is lively and informal. He conveys the excitement of his subject while candidly sketching some of the ambiguities and problems that will challenge future ethnographers,"
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ISBN 10:  0120444704 ISBN 13:  9780120444700
Publisher: Emerald Publishing, 1996
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