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Author Smith, Paul Vincent, author

Title An ethnography of academic writing : on the very idea of an ethnography / Paul V. Smith
Published [Los Angeles, California] : SAGE, 2014
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Series SAGE research methods. Cases
SAGE research methods. Cases
Summary Ethnography has been increasingly adopted by social researchers from many backgrounds in recent years. However, many studies that claim to be ethnographic do not carry out long-duration or extensive fieldwork as in classic anthropological studies. Rather, research in education and linguistic studies has started to claim a broadening of ethnography based on various epistemic arguments. These arguments can be seen to cohere with the original analytical aims of ethnography, but have contributed to a situation whereby ethnography has become almost synonymous with qualitative research. This article takes up a discussion that needs resolving, namely, how should it be named and described?
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 10, 2015)
Subject Academic writing -- Case studies.
Ethnology -- Case studies.
Genre/Form Case studies.
Case studies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1473946328 (ebook)
9781473946323 (ebook)