Writing the Voices of Our Participants
Our voice is not the only voice in our ethnographies. Our participants should have voice as well, distinct from our own, with their own quicks and speech patterns–with their own howls. Since we are engaging in ethnographic practice, we also want to call o
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TEACHING WRITING Volume 2 Series Editor Patricia Leavy USA International Editorial Board Liza Ann Acosta, North Park University, USA Sandra L. Faulkner, Bowling Green State University, USA Lee Gutkind, Arizona State University, USA Anne Harris, Monash University, Australia Yvonna S. Lincoln, Texas A&M University, USA David Manderson, University of West Scotland, UK Ronald Pelias, Southern Illinois University, USA Rita Rud, Washington State University, USA Candace Stout, The Ohio State University, USA Jonathan Wyatt, The University of Edinburgh, UK Scope The Teaching Writing series publishes concise instructional writing guides. Series books each focus on a different subject area, discipline or type of writing. The books are intended to be used in undergraduate and graduate courses across the disciplines and can also be read by individual researchers or students engaged in thesis work. Series authors must have a demonstrated publishing record and must hold a PhD, MFA or the equivalent. Please email queries to the series editor at [email protected]
Writing Ethnography
Jessica Smartt Gullion Texas Woman’s University, USA
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PRAISE FOR WRITING ETHNOGRAPHY
“In this foundational text, Gullion accomplishes the herculean task of talking about the overlooked process of ethnographic writing with an intimate tone. It is like we are seated at her desk writing along with her. Gullion uses interesting exemplars and personal examples to show the important process of writing ethnography. This text will be required reading in my research methods courses and for my graduate students because of the meticulous breakdown of writing practice that creates a text that is both useful and engaging.” – Sandra Faulkner, PhD, Associate Professor of Communication, Bowling Green State University and author of Family Stories, Poetry, and Women’s Work and Poetry as Method: Reporting Research Through Verse “When we were in the playwriting program together at New York University, John Belluso (the brilliant queer playwright who pioneered ‘crip theatre’ in the United States, and who died far too young) and I used to go see every new show together. I’d push him home up 2nd Avenue on the East Side and we’d debrief the show we’d jus
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