Author: Paul Atkinson

In Contours of Culture the authors discuss the uses of various ethnographic methods in the study of culture, drawing on their field research with a...

In Contours of Culture the authors discuss the uses of various ethnographic methods in the study of culture, drawing on their field research with a...

Digital culture and digital technologies have rapidly become unavoidable and essential forms of social experience and communication in our emerging...

First published in 1990, The Ethnographic Imagination explores how sociologists use literary and rhetorical conventions to convey their findings an...

First published in 1990, The Ethnographic Imagination explores how sociologists use literary and rhetorical conventions to convey their findings an...

Key Themes in Qualitative Research is an attempt by three well-respected ethnographic researchers to present a balanced view of qualitative methodo...

Published in 1994, this book gathers together a series of original studies on occupational socialization and the everyday realities of work. It inc...

Published in 1994, this book gathers together a series of original studies on occupational socialization and the everyday realities of work. It inc...

′Atkinson and Housley have produced a book that is a very competent, interesting and useful addition to other work in the field. Its distinctive co...

′Atkinson and Housley have produced a book that is a very competent, interesting and useful addition to other work in the field. Its distinctive co...

Richly illustrated with case studies and interviews, this book identifies key themes pervading academic life: the nature of research and research s...

Basil Bernstein is one of the most creative and influential of contemporary British sociologists, yet his work – especially that relating to langua...

Basil Bernstein is one of the most creative and influential of contemporary British sociologists, yet his work – especially that relating to langua...

Published in 1996, this book comprises a number of essays by Paul Atkinson in which he reflects on processes of reading and writing in the social s...

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Now in its fourth edition, this leading introduction to ethnography has been thoroughly updated and substantially rewritten. The volume offers a sy...

Now in its fourth edition, this leading introduction to ethnography has been thoroughly updated and substantially rewritten. The volume offers a sy...

Richly illustrated with case studies and interviews, this book identifies key themes pervading academic life: the nature of research and research s...

Based on original ethnographic research with scientists, clinicians and families, this book examines Rett syndrome to illuminate more general issue...

Based on original ethnographic research with scientists, clinicians and families, this book examines Rett syndrome to illuminate more general issue...

Paul Atkinson explores the remarkable world of opera through his fieldwork with the internationally known Welsh National Opera company. In order to...