Ethnography A Theoretically Oriented Practice
This volume presents both a historical exploration of ethnography and a thematic discussion of major trends that, over different periods, have oriented and re-oriented research practice. As it overviews ethnography from different geographic and thematic p
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Edited by Vincenzo Matera Angela Biscaldi
Ethnography
Vincenzo Matera · Angela Biscaldi Editors
Ethnography A Theoretically Oriented Practice
Editors Vincenzo Matera Department of Cultural Heritage University of Bologna Ravenna Campus, Italy
Angela Biscaldi Department of Social and Political Sciences University of Milan Milan, Italy
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Contents
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Ethnography: A Theoretically Oriented Practice Introduction Vincenzo Matera and Angela Biscaldi
Part I
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Grounds for Sociocultural Anthropology: USA, UK, FR, IT
Ethnography Before Ethnography: Genesis and Developments of Fieldwork in North America Enzo Vinicio Alliegro Before and After Science: Radcliffe-Brown, British Social Anthropology, and the Relationship Between Field Research, Ethnography, and Theory Alessandro Mancuso “Ethnography in France”: Ethnographic Practices and Theories in Marcel Griaule Between the Empirical and Rhetorical Angela Biscaldi and Vincenzo Matera
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The Structural Formula of the Team: Reflections on Ernesto de Martino’s Ethnographic Method Giovanni Pizza
Part II
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Anthropology (Theory) vs Ethnography (Fieldwork)
Illusion of Immediate Knowledge or Spiritual Exercise? The Dialogic Exchange and Pierre Bourdieu’s Ethnography Ferdinando Fava The Bridge and the Dance: Situational Analysis in Anthropology Marco Gardini and Luca Rimoldi
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Politics Within Anthropology Vincenzo Matera
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