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"Life at Lake Home": An Ethnographic Performance in Six Voices; An Essay on Method, in Two.

Authors :
Wellin, Christopher
Source :
Qualitative Sociology; Winter96, Vol. 19 Issue 4, p497, 20p
Publication Year :
1996

Abstract

Debates about representational forms in qualitative research have tended either to celebrate or to condemn particular forms. Such an approach reifies the differences between various means of expression and diverts attention from the interpretive, political and pedagogic issues which, in my view, lend importance to representational choices. Here, I offer an experiential account of performing ethnography, based on my own field work. I discuss performance both as process and product, and find points of convergence between my goals as an ethnographer and the resources of performance. As process, performance encourages participants-performers and audience members alike-to articulate and reflect critically on cultural contexts and meanings; as product, performance models (in ways more difficult through writing) episodes of social life which, often, are the object of naturalistic inquiry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
01620436
Volume :
19
Issue :
4
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Qualitative Sociology
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
10954763
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02393371