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The Shadow Side of Fieldwork: Exploring the Blurred Borders between Ethnography and Life

Athena McLean (Editor), Annette Leibing (Editor)
ISBN: 978-1-4051-6981-3
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328 pages
August 2007, Wiley-Blackwell
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  • Luminaries in anthropology dare to explore the 'unspeakable' and 'invisible' in the ethnographic encounter
  • Considers personal and professional challenges (ethical, epistemological, and political) faced by researchers who examine the subjectivities inherent in their ethnographic insights
  • Explores the value, and limitations, of addressing the personal in ethnographic research
  • Includes a critical discussion of the anthropologist’s self in the field
  • Introduces imaginative rigor to ethnographic research to heighten confidence in anthropological knowledge
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