Description
Book SynopsisWriting the New Ethnography provides a foundational understanding of the writing processes associated with composing new forms of qualitative writing in the social sciences. Goodall''s distinctive style will engage and energize students, offering them provocative advice and exercises for turning qualitative data and field notes into compelling representations of social life.
Trade ReviewEveryone who writes ethnography, old and new, should read Writing the New Ethnography. The book demystifies the writing process in a very honest way, and I know I'll require it the next time I teach my ethnography class. -- Nick Trujillo, (California State University, Sacramento)
Table of ContentsChapter 1 On Becoming an Ethnographer in the Academy Chapter 2 Finding the Story in Ethnographic Words Chapter 3 Representing Ethnographic Experiences: From Fieldwork to Fieldnotes to Stories Chapter 4 Voice, Reflexivity, and Character: The Construction of Identities in Texts Chapter 5 The Ethics of Writing Ethnography Chapter 6 The Future of New Ethnographic Writing
