Overview

These engaging accounts by masters of field research illustrate the synthesis of passionate involvement and objective analysis. An informative and inspiring collection for students and professional social scientists. (Cynthia Fuchs Epstein Distinguished Professor of Sociology City University of New York). This revised, edited volume brings together personal accounts by a group of noted ethnographic researchers to examine the natural history of participant observation. An ideal supplemental text for methods courses, In The Field is designed to give students a sense of what it is actually like to conduct ethnographic research. As the selections show, field researchers must struggle to gain acceptance by the group under study but then often become deeply involved in the lives of the people and at times are forced into a reexamination of their own values. By learning how social scientists conduct research under field conditions and how they feel while they are doing it, students will be better prepared to carry out successful field research projects of their own.

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Author:   William Kornblum ,  Carolyn D. Smith
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Praeger Publishers Inc
Edition:   2nd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.284kg
ISBN:  

9780275954178

ISBN 10:   027595417
Pages:   184
Publication Date:   24 June 1996
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Preface Introduction by William Kornblum Gaining Entry Jelly's Place by Elijah Anderson Doing Research in the Flats by Carol Stack Exploring the Cocaine Culture by Terry Williams In the Field with Snake Handlers by Peggy Sullivan and Kirk Elifson Building Relationships Getting In by Ruth Horowitz Earning a Place in the Hustler's World by Robert P. McNamara Relations of the Road by Douglas Harper Maintaining Objectivity Doing Research in Cornerville by William F. Whyte Prostitution, Drug Use, and AIDS by Claire Sterk On Studying South Chicago by William Kornblum The Caseworker by Victor Ayala The Observer's Role Researching Peasants and Drug Producers by Edmundo Morales The Fieldworker and the Surgeon by Charles Bosk The Outsider Phenomenon by Nancy Naples Epilogue Finding Your Spot by Vernon Boggs Index

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CAROLYN D. SMITH is a writer and editorial consultant specializing in educational materials in the social sciences. She is the author of The Absentee American: Repatriates' Perspectives on America (Praeger, 1991). WILLIAM KORNBLUM is the author of Blue Collar Community (1976) and co-author (with Terry Williams) of Growing Up Poor (1985) and other titles. Kornblum and Smith have collaborated in the writing and development of textbooks on sociology and social problems and are co-editors of The Healing Experience: Readings on the Social Context of Health Care (1994).

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