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The cultural experience : ethnography in complex society
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- Creator
- David W. McCurdy, James P. Spradley, Dianna J. Shandy
- Format
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- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- Second edition
- Long Grove, Ill. : Waveland Press, [2005]
- ©2005
- Physical Details
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- x, 190 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781577663645, 1577663640
- OCLC
- ocm57581039, ocn647250670
- Prev. ed. under Spradley.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Pt. I. Doing ethnography. Culture and ethnography -- Microcultures -- Cultural informants -- Discovering folk terms -- Discovering taxonomic structure -- Discovering meaning -- Ethnographic detail and cultural focus -- Cultural themes and cultural adaptation -- Writing and using ethnography -- Pt. II. Student ethnographies. Getting the truth : the police detective and the art of interviewing / Cole Akeson -- Juicing their way to the top : ethnography of a tattoo shop / Jennifer Boehlke -- No money, no honey : an ethnography of exotic dancers / Melissa Cowell -- Where did the time go? : a look into a Jesuit pastor's struggle with time / Meghan Greeley -- "Alice in Wonderland" : the culture of a neighborhood flower shop / Sana Haque -- Dealing with dickheads : an ethnography of a nightclub staff member / John Hoch -- Ethnography of a legal secretary / Jordan Pender -- Coping with stress : an ethnography of firefighters / Alex Rubenstein -- The modern pest control revolution / Byron Thayer -- Catching babies : an ethnography of a licensed, traditional midwife / Natasha Winegar