Handbook of Ethnography

by Paul Anthony Atkinson (Editor), Amanda Coffey (Editor), Sara Delamont (Editor)

`This wonderful Handbook establishes the central, and complex place ethnography now occupies in the human disciplines. All future work will begin here. This Handbook will soon become required reading for all scholars and graduate students who wish to be knowledgeable in this complex field of inquiry. This is a stunning accomplishment. The field owes the editors and their contributors a major debt of thanks′ - Norman K Denzin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign `A marvellous achievement! The Handbook has all the marks of a winner - compelling writing, comprehensive coverage and very useful discussions. This is a real benchmark for ethnography. It will set the background for debate and point to ne

Genres: Anthropology

528 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2001

Reviews

[Amy · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is definitely a handbook style book (as if the name didnt give it away), where it is designed to sit on a bookshelf and used as a reference when you have questions... as opposed to reading it straight through. the print, and the font really stink, making the mile long sentence structures brutal. if you are looking to cure that insomnia, reading this book straight though is a good idea. the information in the book was worthwhile though.