The Fieldworker and the Field: Problems and Challenges in Sociological Investigation - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0195668340 ISBN 13: 9780195668346

Casa editrice: OUP India, 2004

Riassunto

This is the second paperback edition of a book which in 1979 broke new ground in social investigation. Other research in the field has since been published, but the essays in this volume remain seminal texts. This new edition is distinguished by a prefatory review by Shah and Ramaswamy of recent literature on sociological fieldwork, and the training of social anthropologists.

The eighteen essays in the volume describe a variety of field research programmes within rural and urban India, in complex organisations and in contrasting societies from other parts of the world, including Japan, Sri Lanka and New Mexico. This is an informative and helpful guide to those about to embark on their own field research.

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Contenuti

• Preface; Introduction
• Part 1: Rural India
• 1: The Fieldworker and the Field: A Village in Kamchatka
• 2: studying the Present and the Past: a Village in Gujarat
• 3: Experiences of an encapsulated Observer: a Village in Rajasthan
• 4: On Tracks and Tracts in My fieldwork: Rural Kerala
• 5: Fieldwork Experience Relived and Reconsidered: Rural Uttar Pradesh
• Part 2: Urban India
• 6: Travails of a Woman Fieldworker: a Small town in Uttar Pradesh
• 7: A Woman's encounter with Arya Samaj and Untouchables: A Slum in Jullundur
• 8: The Bottom View Up,Some Cognitive Categories: Slums in Madras
• 9: Objective Appreciation Through Subjective Involvement: A Slum in Kapoor
• 10: Making My Way Through Caste Images: Untouchables in Poona
• Part 3: Complex Organisation in India
• 11: Trial and Error in a New Field: a Factory in Gujarat
• 12: Being where the Action Was: Trade Unions in Coimbatore
• 13: Walking on the Edge of Factionalism: An Industrial Cooperative in Rural Maharashtra
• 14: Varied Roles in the Field: a Hospital in Delhi
• 15: An Apprenticeship Marked by Frustrations: College students in Mysore
• Part 4: Societies outside India
• 16: Selecting a Representative Village: a Village in Japan
• 17: The Anthropologist-Informant Relationship: The Navajo and Zuni in america and the Thauru in India
• 18: Problems of Entry: Sri Lanka, Zambia and Australia
• Details of Contributors; Index

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: OUP India
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0195668340
• ISBN 13: 9780195668346
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 306
• Redattore: Shah A.M., Ramaswamy E.A.
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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