Contemporary Field Research : Perspectives and Formulations

by Robert M. Emerson

The revised edition of Contemporary Field Research responds to social scientists' increasingly widespread interest in ethnographic findings and methods. Emerson offers readers a comprehensive review of core issues in contemporary ethnography, emphasizing the increased acceptance of and growing divergences among current ethnographic approaches. In addition, his introductory coverage addresses concerns central to both earlier periods of field research, particularly those marking the beginnings of the reflexive turn, and those raised by contemporary, more radically representational and postmodern approaches. These analyses, as well as the eighteen corresponding readings, reflect the multiplicity of approaches to ethnography on the current scene. Titles of related interest also available from Waveland Babbie, Observing Essays in Social Research, Second Edition (ISBN 9781478622017) and Lofland et al., Analyzing Social A Guide to Qualitative Observation and Analysis, Fourth Edition (ISBN 13 9781478650232).

Genres: Sociology, Anthropology

Paperback

First published December 31, 1983

Reviews

[Jonathan · Rating 4 out of 5]

For a research methods book, surprisingly interesting, especially if you know little about ethnography coming into it.