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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherUngar a Book, Frederick
ISBN-100804429596
ISBN-139780804429597
eBay Product ID (ePID)1420945
Product Key Features
Number of Pages352 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameNovels of Henry James
Publication Year1983
SubjectAmerican / General
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism
AuthorEdward Wagenknecht
SeriesLiterature and Life Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight16 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN82-040280
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition19
Dewey Decimal813/.4
SynopsisAnalyzing Field Reality provides a new way of thinking about the analysis of fieldwork that will aid researchers in many disciplines. The book is not about the mechanics of fieldwork, but about how to convey the field's everyday realities and its members' common philosophical engagement -- it provides the researcher with a methodology for understanding meaning in the field. The author presents a typology of realities -- articulated and structural -- which shape not only the 'folk' understanding of interaction in a given setting but that of the ethnographer as well. Gubrium discusses structural, organisationally-embedded factors which shape social forms such as the family, role or personality. This important concept in the analysis of fieldwork is sometimes ignored by ethnographers who can be more concerned with articulating interactional processes. Examples from a variety of settings, including nursing homes, hospitals, support groups and residential treatment centres make this method of analysis applicable to qualitative researchers in applied settings as well as to more traditional ethnographers.