Alive in the writing : crafting ethnography in the company of Chekhov /
Narayan, Kirin.
Chicago, Ill. ; London : University of Chicago Press,
2012.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Story and theory. Taking stock: parts and wholes ; Looking back: the power of first impressions ; Scenes, summaries, events ; Situation, story, theory ; Chekhov as ethnographic muse -- Place. The place of writing ; Passage to more than a place ; The feel of a place ; Others' perceptions ; Landscapes transformed ; Wide angles and close-ups ; Painful places ; The meeting place of texts -- Person. Types and individuals ; The embodied person ; Lives told by things ; Inner biography ; Nonhuman persons ; Imagining across time -- Voice. How voices sound ; Key words, key concepts ; Transcribing conversation and performance ; Quotation and paraphrase ; Pauses, guarded words, words in veiled forms ; Cultivating your own voice -- Self. Narrating ; Explaining ; Evoking ; Transforming ; Reframing ; Connecting ; Postscript writing to be alive -- Using this book -- Further inspiration: helpful books on writing.
Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904
Ethnology
Creative nonfiction
Ethnology in literature.