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Fieldnotes : the makings of anthropology / edited by Roger Sanjek.

Contributor(s): Publication details: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1990.Description: xviii, 429 p. : ill. ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
ISBN:
  • 9780801497261
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 306.072 SAN 20
Contents:
Part I : Living with fieldnotes - Part II: Unpacking "Fieldnotes". - Part III: Fiendnote Practice - Part IV: Fieldnotes in circulation - Part V: From Fiednotes to ethnography.
Summary: Thirteen distinguished anthropologists describe how they create and use the unique forms of writing they produce in the field. They also discuss the fieldnotes of seminal figures—Frank Cushing, Franz Boas, W. H. R. Rivers, Bronislaw Malinowski, and Margaret Mead—and analyze field writings in relation to other types of texts, especially ethnographies. Unique in conception, this volume contributes importantly to current debates on writing, texts, and reflexivity in anthropology.
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Includes rev. versions of some papers presented at the AES Invited Sessions at the American Anthropological Association meetings in Washington, D.C., 1985.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I : Living with fieldnotes -
Part II: Unpacking "Fieldnotes". -
Part III: Fiendnote Practice -
Part IV: Fieldnotes in circulation -
Part V: From Fiednotes to ethnography.

Thirteen distinguished anthropologists describe how they create and use the unique forms of writing they produce in the field. They also discuss the fieldnotes of seminal figures—Frank Cushing, Franz Boas, W. H. R. Rivers, Bronislaw Malinowski, and Margaret Mead—and analyze field writings in relation to other types of texts, especially ethnographies. Unique in conception, this volume contributes importantly to current debates on writing, texts, and reflexivity in anthropology.