Experiencing fieldwork : an inside view of qualitative research /

How do you gain entry into a research setting? What tricks are there to learning the rules of the community without alienating the people you came to study? How are good relations maintained with informants? What happens after you leave the field? In Experiencing Fieldwork top ethnographers address...

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Other Authors: Shaffir, William, Stebbins, Robert A., 1938-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Newbury Park : Sage Publications, 1991
Series:Sage focus editions ; 124.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Part I
  • Getting in; Chapter 1
  • Playing Back the Tape: Early Days in the Field; Chapter 2
  • Sponsors, Gatekeepers, Members, and Friends: Access in Educational Settings; Chapter 3
  • Female Researchers in Male-Dominated Settings: Implications for Short-Term Versus Long-Term Research; Chapter 4
  • Experiencing Research on New Religions and Cults: Practical and Ethical Considerations; Chapter 5
  • Managing a Convincing Self-presentation: Some Personal Reflections on Entering the Field; Part II
  • Learning the Ropes.
  • Chapter 6
  • A Walk through the Wilderness: Learning to Find Your WayChapter 7
  • Secrecy and Disclosure in Fieldwork; Chapter 8
  • The Researcher Talks Back: Dealing with Power Relations in Studies of Young People's Entry into the Job Market; Chapter 9
  • Encountering the Marketplace: Achieving Intimate Familiarity with Vendor Activity; Chapter 10
  • Recognizing and Analyzing Local Cultures; Part III
  • Maintaining Relations; Chapter 11
  • Field Relations and the Discourse of the Other: Collaboration in Our Own Ruin; Chapter 12
  • Maintaining Relationships in a School for the Deaf.
  • Chapter 13
  • Stability and Flexibility: Maintaining Relations within Organized and Unorganized GroupsChapter 14
  • Field-Workers' Feelings: What We Feel, Who We Are, How We Analyze; Chapter 15
  • Fragile Ties: Shaping Research Relationships with Women Married to Alcoholics; Part IV
  • Leaving and Keeping in Touch; Chapter 16
  • High-Risk Methodology: Reflections on Leaving an Outlaw Society; Chapter 17
  • Leaving, Revisiting, and Staying in Touch: Neglected Issues in Field Research; Chapter 18
  • Gone Fishing, be Back Later: Ending and Resuming Research among Fisherman.
  • Chapter 19
  • Leaving the Field: Research, Relationships, and ResponsibilitiesChapter 20
  • Do We Ever Leave the Field? Notes on Secondary Fieldwork Involvements; References; About the Authors.