Full Description
Ethnographers spend a tremendous amount of time in the field, collecting all sorts of empirical material—but how do they turn their work into books or articles that people actually want to read? This concise, engaging guide will help academic writers at all levels to write better. Many
ethnography textbooks focus more on the 'ethno' portion of our craft, and less on developing our 'graph' skills. Gullion fills that gap, helping ethnographers write compelling, authentic stories about their fieldwork. From putting the first few words on the page, to developing a plot line, to publishing, Writing Ethnography offers guidance for all stages of the writing process.
Contents
Acknowledgments
List of Figures
About the Author
Introduction
1 Changes from the First Edition
1 On Ethnography
1 A (Very) Brief History of Ethnography
2 Why Ethnography?
3 Ethical Issues in Ethnographic Writing
4 Fieldnotes
2 On Storytelling
1 Types of Tales
2 Creative Nonfijiction in Ethnography
3 What Makes a Story Great?
4 Story Arcs
5 Vignettes
6 Evocative Storytelling
7 Vulnerability in Writing
8 Reflexivity and Difffraction
3 On Technical Considerations
1 Writing Rituals
2 Academic Fanfijiction
3 The Art of the Sentence
4 First, Second, or Third Person
5 Active/Passive
6 The Trouble with Adverbs
7 Audience
8 Show, Don't Tell
9 Voice
10 Writing the Voices of Our Participants
11 Characters
12 Conversations
13 Metaphorically Speaking
14 Integrating the Literature
4 On Refinement
1 Editing
2 On Sounding Smart
3 What to Call This Thing?
5 On Writing as Process
1 Getting Started
2 Writing as Process
3 Writing as Inquiry
4 Doing the Unstuck
5 The Panic Attack
6 Framing and Publishing
7 Revise and Resubmit
8 Writing to Connect, Writing for Social Change
Appendix: Writing Prompts
References
Index
