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Tales of the Field

Paperback • 1988 • English • 1. edition

Tales of the Field: On Writing Ethnography (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)

By Van Maanen, John

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About the book

For more than twenty years, John Van Maanen’s Tales of the Field has been a definitive reference and guide for students, scholars, and practitioners of ethnography and beyond. Originally published in 1988, it was the one of the first works to detail and critically analyze the various styles and narrative conventions associated with written representations of culture. This is a book about the deskwork of fieldwork and the various ways culture is put forth in print. The core of the work is an exte...Show more

Social research and statistics
Anthropology
Social and cultural anthropology

Book details

ISBN

9780226849621

Publisher

University Of Chicago Press

Published year

1988

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

Tales of the Field

Format

Paperback

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