TY - BOOK AU - Thomas,Jim TI - Doing critical ethnography T2 - Qualitative research methods SN - 080393923X AV - HM24. T54 1993 U1 - 301.01 PY - 1993///] CY - Newbury Park, Calif. PB - Sage Publications KW - Sociology KW - Methodology KW - Ethnology N1 - "A Sage university paper"--Cover; Includes bibliographical references (pages 72-81); Editors' Introduction --; Preface --; 1; 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 --; 2; Beginning to Think Critically --; Critical Ethnography as Metaphor --; Confronting "Value-Free" Facts --; Variations on a Critical Theme --; Marxian-Oriented Approaches --; Conclusion --; 3; Implementing Critical Ethnography --; Ontology --; Selecting a Critical Topic --; Methods --; Interpretation and Analysis --; Discourse --; Reflection --; Conclusion --; 4; Empirical Application --; Prisoner Litigation and Existential Rebellion --; The Violence of Racial Meanings in Prison Culture --; In Defense of the Computer Underground --; Conclusion --; 5; Conclusion: Tricks, Traps, and Moving Beyond --; Traps and Tricks --; Why Be Critical? --; Conclusion --; Epilogue --; References --; About the Author ER -