Thomas, Jim, 1941-

Doing critical ethnography / Jim Thomas. - vii, 83 pages ; 23 cm. - Qualitative research methods ; v. 26 . - Qualitative research methods ; v. 26. .

"A Sage university paper"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 72-81).

Editors' Introduction -- Preface -- Resisting Domestication -- Critical and Conventional Ethnography -- A Walk on the Wild Side -- Contemporary Ethnography: A Culture-Studying Culture -- Ideal Speech Acts and Repressive Communication -- Ethnography as Science -- Beginning to Think Critically -- Critical Ethnography as Metaphor -- Confronting "Value-Free" Facts -- Variations on a Critical Theme -- Marxian-Oriented Approaches -- Conclusion -- Implementing Critical Ethnography -- Ontology -- Selecting a Critical Topic -- Methods -- Interpretation and Analysis -- Discourse -- Reflection -- Conclusion -- Empirical Application -- Prisoner Litigation and Existential Rebellion -- The Violence of Racial Meanings in Prison Culture -- In Defense of the Computer Underground -- Conclusion -- Conclusion: Tricks, Traps, and Moving Beyond -- Traps and Tricks -- Why Be Critical? -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- References -- About the Author. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

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Sociology--Methodology.
Ethnology--Methodology

HM24. / T54 1993

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