Writing the New EthnographyWriting 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. |
Contents
On Becoming an Ethnographer in the Academy | 21 |
Writing Experiments | 42 |
For Further Reading | 44 |
Finding the Story in Ethnographic Words | 45 |
Writing Experiments | 80 |
For Further Reading | 81 |
Representing Ethnographic Experiences From Fieldwork to Fieldnotes to Stories | 83 |
What Is a Fieldnote? | 86 |
For Further Reading | 129 |
Voice Reflexivity and Character The Construction of Identities in Texts | 131 |
More Writing Experiments | 150 |
For Further Reading | 151 |
The Ethics of Writing Ethnography | 153 |
Writing Experiments | 170 |
For Further Reading | 172 |
The Future of New Ethnographic Writing | 175 |
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