Tales of the Field
Tales of the Field For more than twenty years, John Van Maanen's Tales of the Field has been a definitive reference and guide for students, scholars, and practitioners of ethnography and beyond. This…
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Tales of the Field
For more than twenty years, John Van Maanen's Tales of the Field has been a definitive reference and guide for students, scholars, and practitioners of ethnography and beyond. This is a book about the deskwork of fieldwork and the various ways culture is put forth in print. Originally published in 1988, it was the one of the first works to detail and critically analyze the various styles and narrative conventions associated with written representations of culture.
The novel issues raised in Tales concern authorial voice, style, truth, objectivity, and point-of-view. The core of the work is an extended discussion and illustration of three forms or genres of cultural representation--realist tales, confessional tales, and impressionist tales. Over the years, the work has both reflected and shaped changes in the field of ethnography.In this second edition, Van
Tales of the Field
Tales of the Peculiar
Tales of the Amazons
Tales of the Unexpected
Flowers of the Field
Tales of the Narts
Secrets of the Unified Field
Tales of the Alhambra
Tales of the Peculiar
Tales of the Supernatural
Tales of the Necronomicon
Tales of the Lumminai
Tales of the Elements