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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791897903321

Autore

Fenstermaker Sarah <1949-, >

Titolo

Sociologists backstage : answers to 10 key questions about what they do / / Sarah Fenstermaker, Nikki Jones

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-89106-4

1-136-89107-2

1-283-04385-8

9786613043856

0-203-84036-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (466 p.)

Collana

Contemporary sociological perspectives

Altri autori (Persone)

JonesNikki <1975->

Disciplina

301.072

Soggetti

Sociology - Research

Sociology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTEMPORARY SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; SERIES FOREWORD; PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; How This Book Is Organized; Other Ways to Read This Book; SECTION I URBAN SOCIOLOGY IN THE POST-CIVIL RIGHTS ERA; 1. MARY PATTILLO; The Tenth Question; 2. SCOTT BROOKS; The Tenth Question; 3. ALFORD A. YOUNG, JR.; The Tenth Question; 4. MITCHELL DUNEIER; The Tenth Question; SECTION II GLOBAL ETHNOGRAPHY AND THE STUDY OF TRANSNATIONAL LABOR MIGRATIONS; 5. MILIANN KANG; The Tenth Question; 6. HUNG CAM THAI; The Tenth Question; 7. NAZLI KIBRIA; The Tenth Question

8. RHACEL PARRENASThe Tenth Question; SECTION III STUDYING GENDER, CRIME, AND VIOLENCE IN THE ERA OF MASS INCARCERATION; 9. MEDA CHESNEY-LIND; The Tenth Question; 10. VICTOR RIOS; The Tenth Question; 11. MERCER SULLIVAN; The Tenth Question; 12. VALERIE JENNESS; The Tenth Question; SECTION IV THE RESEARCHER AS...; 13. KARYN LACY; The Tenth Question; 14. FRANCE WINDDANCE TWINE; The Tenth Question; 15. DENISE SEGURA; The Tenth Question; 16. CHRISTINE WILLIAMS; The Tenth Question; 17. VERTA TAYLOR AND



LEILA J. RUPP; The Tenth Question:; EDITORS' AFTERWORD; Sarah Fenstermaker; Nikki Jones

REFERENCESCONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Published social science rarely gives real attention to the actual doing of research, making the process appear magical, or at least self-evident and simple. This book is intended to right the balance by illuminating the craft and the choices made as the research process unfolds for the sociologist. The metaphorical image of going ""backstage"" speaks to the reader's experience with each of the seventeen interviews, which illuminate the choices and constraints of researchers as well as unanticipated developments, good and bad. The volume represents a range of interests, themes, research phi