The Ethnographic Imagination : Textual Constructions of Reality

Paul Atkinson

ISBN 10: 0415615585 / ISBN 13: 9780415615587

Published by Routledge, 2012

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nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - First published in 1990, The Ethnographic Imagination explores how sociologists use literary and rhetorical conventions to convey their findings and arguments, and to 'persuade' their colleagues and students of the authenticity of their accounts. Looking at selected sociological texts in the light of contemporary social theory, the author analyses how their arguments are constructed and illustrated, and gives many new insights into the literary convention of realism and factual accounts.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Ethnographic Imagination : Textual Constructions of Reality
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415615585
• ISBN 13: 9780415615587
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 234W x 156H x 11D millimeters 234 millimeters width by 156 millimeters height by 11 millimeters depth
• Weight: 324 grams

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Synopsis

First published in 199, The Ethnographic Imagination explores how sociologists use literary and rhetorical conventions to convey their findings and arguments, and to 'persuade' their colleagues and students of the authenticity of their accounts. Looking at selected sociological texts in the light of contemporary social theory, the author analyses how their arguments are constructed and illustrated, and gives many new insights into the literary convention of realism and factual accounts.

About the Author

Atkinson, Paul