An invitation to ethnomethodology
Subtitle: language, society, and social interaction
By: David Francis and Stephen Hester
Contributors: Hester, Stephen
Publisher: Sage Publications
Published: 2004
Place of publication: London; Thousand Oaks, Calif
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9781848605329
Subjects: Ethnome thodologie; Anthropology; Minority Studies; SOCIAL SCIENCE; Sociolinguistique; Ethnomethodology; Etnomethodologie; Cultural; Sociolinguistics; Discrimination & Race Relations; Interaction sociale; Social interaction
Description: This book offers a new and rigorous approach to observational sociology that is grounded in ethnomethodology and conversation analysis. Throughout the authors encourage the reader to explore the social world at first hand, beginning with the immediate family context and then moving out into the public realm and organizational life. Examples of observational analysis are given with reference to topic areas such as family life, education, medicine, crime and deviance, and the reader is shown how to conduct their own inquiries, using methods and materials that are readily and ordinarily available.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-220) and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Contents; Chapter 1; title: Social Interaction, Language and Society; Chapter 2; title: Doing Ethnomethodology; Chapter 3; title: Ethnomethodology and Self-Reflection; Chapter 4; title: Family Life and Everyday Conversation; Chapter 5; title: Going Public; Chapter 6; title: Using Talk to Get Help; Chapter 7; title: Observing Education; Chapter 8; title: Going to the Doctor; Chapter 9; title: Working in an Organization; Chapter 10; title: Observing Science; Chapter 11; title: The Primitive Character of Ethnomethodology; Bibliography; Index;