John Lofland & Lyn H Lofland 
Handbook of Ethnography 

`I wish the
Handbook of Ethnography had been available to me as a fledgling ethnographer. I would recommend it for any graduate student who contemplates a career in the field. Likewise for experienced ethnographers who would like the equivalent of a world atlas to help pinpoint their own locations in the field, the
Handbook of Ethnography is it′ –
Journal of Contemporary Ethnography

`This wonderful Handbook establishes the central, and complex place ethnography now occupies in the human disciplines. All future work will begin here′ – Norman K Denzin, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

`A marvellous achievement! The Handbook has all the marks of a winner – compelling writing, comprehensive coverage and very useful discussions. This is a real benchmark for ethnography. It will set the background for debate and point to new directions for years to come. My graduate students will love it′ – Jaber F Gubrium, University of Florida, Gainesville

`The Handbook of Ethnography compiles invaluable, original, critical essays on ethnographic work, earning it a place on everyone′s must-have bookshelf′ – Virginia Olesen, University of California, San Francisco

`The Handbook is a remarkable synthesis of existing thinking in and around ethnography′ – Forum for Qualitative Social Research – follow the link below to read the complete review

`No self-respecting qualitative researcher should be without Paul Atkinson (et al′s) handbook on ethnography. This really is encyclopaedic in concept and scope. Many ‘big names’ in the field have contributed so this has to be the starting point for anyone looking to understand the field in substantive topic, theoretical tradition and methodology. The chapters on visual ethnography and semiotics expand the field marvellously, while those on field notes and on ethics are accomplished surveys of the field′ – SRA News

Ethnography is one of the chief research methods in sociology, anthropology and other cognate disciplines in the social sciences. This Handbook provides an unparalleled, critical guide to its principles and practice.

The volume is organized into three sections. The first systematically locates ethnography firmly in its relevant historical and intellectual contexts. The roots of ethnography are pinpointed and the pattern of its development is demonstrated.

The second section examines the contribution of ethnography to major fields of substantive research. The impact and strengths and weaknesses of ethnographic method are dealt with authoritatively and accessibly.

The third section moves on to examine key debates and issues in ethnography, from the conduct of research through to contemporary arguments.

The result is a landmark work in the field, which draws on the expertise of an internationally renowned group of interdisicplinary scholars. The Handbook of Ethnography provides readers with a one-stop critical guide to the past, present and future of ethnography. It will quickly establish itself as the ethnographer′s bible.

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Introduction to Part One

The Chicago School of Ethnography – Mary Jo Deegan

Symbolic Interactionism and Ethnography – Paul Rock

Currents of Cultural Fieldwork – James D Faubion

British Social Anthropology – Sharon Macdonald

Into the Community – Lodewijk Brunt

Mass-Observation′s Fieldwork Methods – Liz Stanley

Orientalism – Julie Marcus

Ethnomethodology and Ethnography – Melvin Pollner and Robert M Emerson

Phenomenology and Ethnography – Ilja Maso

Semiotics, Semantics and Ethnography – Peter K Manning

Grounded Theory in Ethnography – Kathy Charmaz and Richard G Mitchell

Introduction to Part Two

The Ethnography of Health and Medicine – Michael Bloor

Ethnographic Research in Educational Settings – Tuula Gordon, Janet Holland and Elina Lahelma

Ethnography and the Study of Deviance – Dick Hobbs

Ethnographies of Work and the Work of Ethnographers – Vicki Smith

Ethnography and the Development of Science and Technology Studies – David Hess

Ethnography in the Study of Children and Childhood – Allison James

Ethnography and Material Culture – Christopher Tilley

Ethnography – Joost van Loon

A Critical Turn in Cultural Studies

The Ethnography of Communication – Elizabeth Keating

Technologies of Realism? Ethnographic Uses of Photography and Film – Mike Ball and Greg Smith

Introduction to Part Three

Ethnography as Work – Christopher Wellin and Gary Alan Fine

Career Socialization, Settings and Problems

The Ethics of Ethnography – Elizabeth Murphy and Robert Dingwall

Participant Observation and Fieldnotes – Robert M Emerson, Rachel I Fretz and Linda L Shaw

Ethnographic Interviewing – Barbara Sherman Heyl

Narrative Analysis in Ethnography – Martin Cortazzi

The Call of Life Stories in Ethnographic Research – Ken Plummer

Autobiography, Intimacy and Ethnography – Deborah Reed-Danahay

Feminist Ethnography – Beverley Skeggs

Ethnography After Post-modernism – Jonathan Spencer

Computer Applications in Qualitative Research – Nigel Fielding

Ethnodrama – Jim Mienczakowski

Performed Research-limitations and Potential

Postmodernism, Post-Structuralism and Post (Critical) Ethnography – Patti Lather

Of Ruins, Aporias and Angels

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Dr Sara Delamont, DSc Econ, Ac SS. read Social Anthropology at Girton College Cambridge, did her Ph D at Edinburgh, and lectured at Leicester before moving to Cardiff in 1976. She was the first woman to be President of BERA (the British Education Research Association) and the first woman Dean of Social Sciences at Cardiff. She has done ethnographies in schools, and other settings where teaching and learning take place such as operatic master classes and martial arts studios. With Paul Atkinson she is the Founding Editor of Qualitative Research, and is the author of fourteen books.