Observing the observer
Subtitle: understanding our selves in field research
By: by Shulamit Reinharz.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780195397802; 9780195397819
Subjects: Participant observation -- Psychological aspects; Sociology -- Fieldwork -- Psychological aspects; Ethnology -- Fieldwork -- Psychological aspects; Sociologists -- Psychology; Self; Identity (Psychology)
Table of contents: title: Introduction: developing research selves; title: The desire, opportunity and preparation to do a study; title: Becoming independent of the sponsor; title: Gaining allies; title: Personal selves; title: Understanding the elderly as a consequence of my mothering role; title: Being a woman; title: Being an American; title: Situational selves; title: Being a "volunteer" (neither a volunteer nor a hired worker); title: Being a neighbor; title: Theoretical conclusions; title: Epilogue.