Chapter-Related Readings

Basics of ethnography, illustrated by the author's field experiences in India and among heroin addicts in the United States.

Agar, M. H.. (1996). The Professional Stranger: An Informal Introduction to Ethnography, 2nd ed.. San Diego,CA: Academic Press.

How ethnography and other qualitative procedures may be extended across the range of social sciences; very thorough survey of qualitative methods.

Berg, B. L.. (2001). Qualitative Research Methods for the Social Sciences, 4th ed.. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

The most complete and up-to-date survey of methods of data collection, organization, and analysis in cultural anthropology.

Bernard, H. R.. (1994). Research Methods in Cultural Anthropology, 2nd ed.. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Various authors describe a series of methods in cultural anthropology.

Bernard, H. R., ed.. (1998). The Handbook of Methods in Cultural Anthropology.. Walnut Creek, CA: Altamira.

Ways of evaluating and presenting research data.

Chiseri-Strater, E., and B. S. Sunstein. (2001). Fieldworking: Reading and Writing Research, 2nd ed.. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall.

Methods and key issues in doing field work.

Crane, J. G., and M. V. Angrosino. (1992). Field Projects in Anthropology: A Student Handbook, 3rd ed.. Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland.

The social life, customs, and popular culture of the United States as viewed and interpreted by outsiders.

DeVita, P. R., and J. D. Armstrong, eds.. (1998). Distant Mirrors: America as a Foreign Culture, 2nd ed.. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.

Advice for college students doing field work in the United States. Includes papers by undergraduates and anthropologists on contemporary American culture.

Kottak, C. P., ed.. (1982). Researching American Culture: A Guide for Student Anthropologists.. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.

Useful guide for fledgling ethnographers.

Kutsche, P.. (1998). Field Ethnography: A Manual for Doing Cultural Anthropology.. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Discusses some of the experimental and interpretive ethnographic procedures discussed in this chapter.

Michrina, B. P., and C. Richards. (1996). Person to Person: Fieldwork, Dialogue, and the Hermeneutic Method.. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.

Discusses data collection and analysis, including the relationship between theory and field work, hypothesis construction, sampling, and statistics.

Pelto, P. J., and G. H. Pelto. (1978). Anthropological Research: The Structure of Inquiry, 2nd ed.. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Most useful treatment of methods in archaeological anthropology.

Renfrew, C., and P. Bahn. (2000). Archaeology: Theories, Methods, and Practice, 3rd ed.. London: Thames and Hudson.

Discussion of the ethnographic method, with emphasis on discovering native viewpoints.

Spradley, J. P.. (1979). The Ethnographic Interview.. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.

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