Contours of Culture: Complex Ethnography and the Ethnography of Complexity

Atkinson, Paul; Delamont, Sara; Housley, William

ISBN 10: 075910705X / ISBN 13: 9780759107052

Published by AltaMira Press, 2007

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Contours of Culture: Complex Ethnography and the Ethnography of Complexity
• Publisher: AltaMira Press
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 075910705X
• ISBN 13: 9780759107052
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Paul Atkinson is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at Cardiff University, and Associate Director of the ESRC Centre for Social and Economic Aspects of Genomics.