The Ethnographic Imagination by Paul Atkinson

The Ethnographic Imagination by Paul Atkinson

Scholars in the social sciences are realizing more and more the extent to which the work of scientists in all disciplines is rhetorical, involving the persuasion of colleagues and students and depending upon textual conventions. Sociological texts themselves are part of a set of traditions and conventions that are in turn part of our academic culture. The Ethnographic Imagination explains how one sociological tradition - the ethnographic - has been reflected and represented in its texts. Paul Atkinson looks at selected sociological texts in the light of contemporary social theory and analyzes how their arguments are constructed and illustrated. His discussion ranges widely, from classic ethnographies of the Chicago School up to contemporary monographs. Using a wealth of illustrations, he explores how ethnographic texts persuade their readers of the authenticity of their accounts; how they portray social actors as characters and types; and how they use narrative to convey social action, and to transmit implicit sociological theory.

Atkinson, Paul: - Paul Atkinson is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at Cardiff University. Recent publications include For Ethnography (SAGE 2014) and Thinking Ethnographically (SAGE 2017). The fourth book in his quartet will be Crafting Ethnography, also for SAGE. The fourth edition of Hammersley and Atkinson Ethnography: Principles in Practice was published by Routledge in 2019. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and of the Learned Society of Wales.

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Title	The Ethnographic Imagination
Author	Paul Atkinson
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	1990-08-02
Number of pages	208
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