From notes to narrative : writing ethnographies that everyone can read / Kristen Ghodsee.
By: Ghodsee, Kristen Rogheh [author.].
Series: Publisher: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, [2016]Description: 150 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780226257556 (pbk. : alk. paper).Subject(s): Ethnology -- Authorship -- Style manuals | Communication in ethnology | Ethnology -- MethodologyGenre/Form: Print books.DDC classification: 808.06/63Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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On Shelf | GN307.7 .G464 2016 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU0000000005184 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [135]-143) and index.
Introduction: why write clearly? -- Choose a subject you love -- Put yourself into the data -- Incorporate ethnographic detail -- Describe places and events -- Integrate your theory -- Embrace dialogue -- Include images -- Minimize scientism -- Unclutter your prose -- Master good grammar and syntax -- Revise! -- Find your process.