A01=Paul Atkinson
A01=Sara Delamont
A01=William Housley
Author_Paul Atkinson
Author_Sara Delamont
Author_William Housley
Category=JHM
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Product details
- ISBN 9780759107052
- Weight: 556g
- Dimensions: 161 x 243mm
- Publication Date: 24 Dec 2007
- Publisher: AltaMira Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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In Contours of Culture the authors discuss the uses of various ethnographic methods in the study of culture, drawing on their field research with an opera company, Welsh artists, and classes on the popular Brazilian martial art capoeira. In their practical research and in the research of other scolars, they encounter complex problems and themes that often require new ways of organizing and conceiving cultural material, and even new ways of giving expression to phenomena that are only partially understood. This book is not only about the inherent complexities involved in ethnography; it is also about the kinds of opportunities available to researchers immersed in this complexity and how they might grasp cultural settings in their entirety.
Paul Atkinson is Distinguished Research Professor in sociology at Cardiff University, in Wales. Sara Delamont is a reader in sociology at Cardiff University. William Housley is a lecturer in sociology at Cardiff University.
