Anthropologists in the Field: Cases in Participant Observation

'anthropologists In The Field' Presents An Introduction To Real-world Ethnography, Using Familiar And Not-so-familiar Cultures As Cases. The Book Covers Participant Observation And Ethnographic Interviewing, Both Short And Long Term. Introduction : Awkward Spaces, Productive Places / Lynne Hume And Jane Mulcock -- Awkward Intimacies : Prostitution, Politics, And Fieldwork In Urban Mexico / Patty Kelly -- Disclosure And Interaction In A Monastery / Michael V. Angrosino -- Going Beyond The West And The Rest : Conducting Non-western, Non-native Ethnography In Northern Thailand / Ida Fadzillah -- Multiple Roles, Statuses, And Allegiances : Exploring The Ethnographic Process In Disability Culture / Russell Shuttleworth -- He's Not A Spy; He's One Of Us : Ethnographic Positioning In A Middle-class Setting / Martin Forsey -- Dissent And Consent : Negotiating The Adoption Triangle / Jonathan Telfer -- Doing Ethnography In One's Own Ethnic Community : The Experience Of An Awkward Insider / Val Colic-peisker -- And I Can't Feel At Home In This World Anymore : Fieldwork In Two Settings / Jim Birckhead -- Yo, Bitch ... And Other Challenges : Bringing High-risk Ethnography Into The Discourse / Sylvie C. Tourigny -- Reflections On Fieldwork Among Kenyan Heroin Users / Susan Beckerleg And Gillian Lewando Hundt -- Closed Doors : Ethical Issues With Prison Ethnography / John M. Coggeshall -- Living In Sheds : Suicide, Friendship, And Research Among The Tiwi / Gary Robinson -- Performing And Constructing Research As Guesthood In The Study Of Religions / Graham Harvey -- Not Quite At Home : Field Envy And New Age Ethnographic Dis-ease / Stewart Muir -- Multi-sited Transnational Ethnography And The Shifting Construction Of Fieldwork / Sawa Kurotani -- Multi-sited Methodologies : Homework In Australia, Fiji, And Kiribati / Katerina Martina Teaiwa. Edited By Lynne Hume And Jane Mulcock. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [235]-257) And Index.