How to read ethnography /

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Author / Creator:Blasco, Gay y.
Imprint:London ; New York : Routledge, 2007.
Description:vii, 214 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6253926
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Other authors / contributors:Wardle, Huon.
ISBN:0415328667 (hbk)
0415328675 (pbk)
9780415328661 (hbk.)
9780415328678 (pbk)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-210) and index.
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Summary:<p>How to Read Ethnography is an invaluable guide to approaching anthropological texts. Laying bare the central conventions of ethnographic writing, it helps students to develop a critical understanding of texts and explains how to identify and analyse the core ideas in order to apply these ideas to other areas of study. Above all it enables students to read ethnographies anthropologically and to develop an anthropological imagination of their own. Combining lucid explanations with selections from key texts, this excellent guide is ideal reading for those new to the subject or in need of a refresher course.</p> Includes excerpts from key ethnographies Offers balanced and progressive reader activities and exercises Provides reading exercises, a glossary and full chapter summaries Teaches an independent approach to the study of anthropology
Physical Description:vii, 214 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-210) and index.
ISBN:0415328667
0415328675
9780415328661
9780415328678