Understanding ethnographic texts
By: Paul Atkinson.
Series: Qualitative research methods ;; v. 25
Publisher: Sage Publications
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Newbury Park, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 58
Subjects: Ethnology -- Authorship.; Ethnology -- Methodology.
Description: Paul Atkinson presents useful advice on how to read, and therefore how to write, ethnography. He examines how ethnographers create field notes and how they do interview transcriptions, inevitably revealing the author's hand. He outlines various literary conventions used in ethnographic writing.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 53-58).