Research Practice for Cultural Studies: Ethnographic Methods and Lived Cultures »

Gray (cultural studies and sociology, U. of Birmingham, UK) provides a critical selective account of the ethnographic methods used within cultural studies (including grasping lived cultures and articulating experience) and offers guidance on how to approach research in the field from the initial question to its final written form. Covered in the research section are such topics as locating instances and generating material, strategies and tactics in analysis writing, and sources of knowledge. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR