In Contours of Culture the authors discuss the uses of various ethnographic methods in the study of culture, drawing on their field research with an opera ...

First published in 1990, The Ethnographic Imagination explores how sociologists use literary and rhetorical conventions to convey their findings and ...

Published in 1996, this book comprises a number of essays by Paul Atkinson in which he reflects on processes of reading and writing in the social sciences. ...

This second edition, published in 1997 follows the original edition from 1981 which was the only published ethnography of medical education in the UK. ...

Introducing the idea of 'granular ethnography', this interdisciplinary text shows readers how to take ethnography's theoretical foundations into account ...

This refreshing and authoritative book provides readers with a guide to the essential thinking, research and concepts in interactionism and explains why ...

Key Themes in Qualitative Research is an attempt by three well-respected ethnographic researchers to present a balanced view of qualitative methodology ...