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Thick comparison : reviving the ethnographic aspiration /

In ethnographic inquiry, comparing is fraught with difficulties, never complete and often fails. Yet it remains a strangely productive mode of working. "Thick comparison" develops and reflects on the production of comparability as a fruitful process in ethnographic research.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Scheffer, Thomas, Dr, Niewöhner, Jörg
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.
Colección:International studies in sociology and social anthropology ; v. 114.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:In ethnographic inquiry, comparing is fraught with difficulties, never complete and often fails. Yet it remains a strangely productive mode of working. "Thick comparison" develops and reflects on the production of comparability as a fruitful process in ethnographic research.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 223 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789004183742
9004183744
9789004181137
900418113X
ISSN:0074-8684 ;