LEADER 03633nam 2200625 450 001 9910136700003321 005 20210125114017.0 010 $a0-226-11323-X 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226113234 035 $a(CKB)3710000000907325 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4532280 035 $a(DE-B1597)568182 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226113234 035 $a(OCoLC)1233040859 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000907325 100 $a20161206h20162016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aImmersion $ea writer's guide to going deep /$fTed Conover 210 1$aChicago, [Illinois] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cThe University of Chicago Press,$d2016. 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (183 pages) 225 1 $aChicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing 311 $a0-226-41616-X 311 $a0-226-11306-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tIntroduction -- $tI. Why Immerse? -- $tII. Choosing a Subject and Gaining Access -- $tIII. Once Inside -- $tIV . Undercover: Moving beyond Stunt -- $tV. Writing It -- $tVI. Aftermath -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tAnnotated Bibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aOver three and a half decades, Ted Conover has ridden the rails with hoboes, crossed the border with Mexican immigrants, guarded prisoners in Sing Sing, and inspected meat for the USDA. His books and articles chronicling these experiences, including the award-winning Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing, have made him one of the premier practitioners of immersion reporting. In immersion reporting?a literary cousin to ethnography, travel writing, and memoir?the writer fully steps into a new world or culture, participating in its trials, rites, and rituals as a member of the group. The end results of these firsthand experiences are familiar to us from bestsellers such as Nickel and Dimed and Behind the Beautiful Forevers. But in a world of wary strangers, where does one begin? Conover distills decades of knowledge into an accessible resource aimed at writers of all levels. He covers how to ?get into? a community, how to conduct oneself once inside, and how to shape and structure the stories that emerge. Conover is also forthright about the ethics and consequences of immersion reporting, preparing writers for the surprises that often surface when their piece becomes public. Throughout, Conover shares anecdotes from his own experiences as well as from other well-known writers in this genre, including Alex Kotlowitz, Anne Fadiman, and Sebastian Junger. It?s a deep-in-the-trenches book that all aspiring immersion writers should have in hand as they take that first leap into another world. 410 0$aChicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing. 606 $aReportage literature$xAuthorship 606 $aParticipant observation 606 $aInvestigative reporting 606 $aCreative nonfiction 610 $aethics. 610 $aethnography. 610 $afirst person. 610 $apersonal experience. 610 $astructure. 610 $aundercover reporting. 615 0$aReportage literature$xAuthorship. 615 0$aParticipant observation. 615 0$aInvestigative reporting. 615 0$aCreative nonfiction. 676 $a808.02 700 $aConover$b Ted$0957037 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910136700003321 996 $aImmersion$92167728 997 $aUNINA