While some books present “ideal” ethnographic field methods, Inside Ethnography shares the realities of fieldwork in action. With a focus on strategies employed with populations at society’s margins, twenty-one contemporary ethnographers examine their cutting-edge work with honesty and introspection, drawing readers into the field to reveal the challenges they have faced.
Representing disciplinary approaches from criminology, sociology, anthropology, public health, business, and social work, and designed explicitly for courses on ethnographic and qualitative methods, crime, deviance, drugs, and urban sociology, the authors portray an evolving methodology that adapts to the conditions of the field while tackling emerging controversies with perceptive sensitivity. Their judicious advice on how to avoid pitfalls and remedy missteps provides unusual insights for practitioners, academics, and undergraduate and graduate students.
Edited by:
Miriam Boeri,
Rashi K. Shukla
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 25mm
Weight: 544g
ISBN: 9780520298231
ISBN 10: 0520298233
Pages: 296
Publication Date: 10 December 2019
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
,
Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Acknowledgments Preface Introduction Miriam Boeri and Rashi K. Shukla PART ONE BECOMING AN ETHNOGRAPHER 1 • Going Native with Evil Marie Rosenkrantz Lindegaard 2 • Lost in the Park: Learning to Navigate the Unpredictability of Fieldwork Elizabeth Bonomo and Scott Jacques 3 • Unearthing Aggressive Advocacy: Challenges and Strategies in Social Service Ethnography Curtis Smith and Leon Anderson 4 • Going into the Gray: Conducting Fieldwork on Corporate Misconduct Eugene Soltes PART TWO TEAM ETHNOGRAPHY 5 • Hide-and-Seek: Challenges in the Ethnography of Street Drug Users Merrill Singer and J. Bryan Page 6 • Into the Epistemic Void: Using Rapid Assessment to Investigate the Opioid Crisis Jason N. Fessel, Sarah G. Mars, Philippe Bourgois, and Daniel Ciccarone 7 • Conducting International Reflexive Ethnography: Theoretical and Methodological Struggles Avelardo Valdez, Alice Cepeda, and Charles Kaplan PART THREE NAVIGATING THE UNUSUAL 8 • Hidden: Accessing Narratives of Parental Drug Dealing and Misuse Ana Lilia Campos-Manzo 9 • Navigating Stigma: Researching Opioid and Injection Drug Use among Young Immigrants from the Former Soviet Union in New York City Honoria Guarino and Anastasia Teper PART FOUR THE EMOTIONAL IMPACT OF DOING ETHNOGRAPHY 10 • Dangerous Liaisons: Reflections on a Serial Ethnography Robert Gay 11 • The Emotional Labor of Fieldwork with People Who Use Methamphetamine Heith Copes 12 • Ethnography of Injustice: Death at a County Jail Joshua Price Conclusion: Looking Back, Moving Forward Rashi K. Shukla and Miriam Boeri List of Contributors Index
Miriam Boeri is Associate Professor of Sociology at Bentley University. She is the author of Hurt: Chronicles of the Drug War Generation and Women on Ice: Methamphetamine Use among Suburban Women. Rashi K. Shukla is Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of Central Oklahoma. She is the author of Methamphetamine: A Love Story.
