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The World Observed: REFLECTIONS ON THE FIELDWORK PROCESS (Folklore and Society) - Softcover

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9780252065330: The World Observed: REFLECTIONS ON THE FIELDWORK PROCESS (Folklore and Society)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0252065336 ISBN 13: 9780252065330
Publisher: University of Illinois Press, 1996

Synopsis

The books that give us insight into human motives and experience often are based on fieldwork: people spending time with others where those others live and work. In the World Observed sixteen researchers tell how their fieldwork experiences have been transmuted into understanding. The settings range from a women's prison in Indiana to a village in Egypt, from a streetcorner in Palermo to a gypsy funeral in New York. The authors - anthropologists, folklorists, sociologists, historians - relate their struggles to find meaning in the chaos of data and the ethical problems they had to confront and resolve. Their fascinating stories offer fresh insight into how we know what we know.

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Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Publication date
1996
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0252065336
ISBN 13 
9780252065330
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
248
Editor
Jackson Bruce, Ives Edward D
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