Ethnography
A Theoretically Oriented Practice
Editors: Matera, Vincenzo, Biscaldi, Angela (Eds.)
Free Preview- Covers the state of the art and subjects of debate in the history of ethnography and in the role of ethnography for anthropological knowledge
- Provides insight into the ethnographic tradition in the USA, UK, France, and Italy
- Draws connections between ethnographic traditions to explore some of the most prevalent trends in anthropological theory and practice
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- About this book
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This volume presents both a historical exploration of ethnography and a thematic discussion of major trends that, over different periods, have oriented and re-oriented research practice. As it overviews ethnography from different geographic and thematic perspectives, it further explores new lines of ethnographic research, including as feminist ethnography and visual research, that uncover non-traditional routes to anthropological knowledge.
As the great ethnographer E. E. Evans-Pritchard wrote, “Anyone who is not a complete idiot can do fieldwork… but will [his contribution] be to theoretical, or just to factual knowledge?” As Evans-Pritchard highlights and as this book argues, successful ethnography must be connected to a sophisticated theoretical reflection rooted in social and cultural anthropology.
- About the authors
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Vincenzo Matera is Full Professor of Cultural and Social Anthropology in the Department of Cultural Heritage, University of Bologna (Ravenna Campus), Italy.
Angela Biscaldi is Associate Professor of Cultural and Social Anthropology in the Department of Social and Political Sciences, University of Milano, Italy.
- Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Ethnography: A Theoretically Oriented Practice Introduction
Pages 1-18
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Ethnography Before Ethnography: Genesis and Developments of Fieldwork in North America
Pages 21-49
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Before and After Science: Radcliffe-Brown, British Social Anthropology, and the Relationship Between Field Research, Ethnography, and Theory
Pages 51-80
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“Ethnography in France”: Ethnographic Practices and Theories in Marcel Griaule Between the Empirical and Rhetorical
Pages 81-101
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The Structural Formula of the Team: Reflections on Ernesto de Martino’s Ethnographic Method
Pages 103-125
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Ethnography
- Book Subtitle
- A Theoretically Oriented Practice
- Editors
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- Vincenzo Matera
- Angela Biscaldi
- Copyright
- 2021
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-51720-5
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-51720-5
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-51719-9
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XI, 429
- Number of Illustrations
- 2 b/w illustrations
- Topics
