Field Ethnography : A Manual for Doing Cultural Anthropology

TO INSTRUCTORS xi INTRODUCTION 1(12) Anthropology as Oxymoron 4(4) Alice Reich Ethics 8(2) The Zero 10(1) A Final Introductory Word 11(2) THE SMALL FIELD ASSIGNMENTS 13(72) Map of a Block 14(13) A Changing Block in Standale 16(6) Heather Danielkiewicz In the Cracks 22(3) Evan Hill The Block of Espanola 25(2) Adan Trujillo Private Language 27(11) Tree Huggers 28(2) Jenny Irving A Study of Automobile Terminology 30(3) Colleen Ximenes "Oh American" 33(2) Brad Beall Fighting the Bear 35(3) Tony Munoz Body Language 38(10) Isolation and the Pickup 40(3) Chris Lawler A Drug Buy 43(3) Paul Thompson Eyes to Heaven 46(2) Gay Boyer Ritual 48(37) Roman Catholic Mass 58(6) Dana Curtis In the Line of Duty 64(4) Alan N. Stewart The Formal Farewell 68(3) Joshua Keilty Leaving the House 71(1) Carla Miller Psyching Up 72(5) Tony Munoz Friday Night 77(5) Bill Dunbar The Family Breakfast 82(3) Renato Rosaldo THE BIG ETHNOGRAPHY 85(122) Student Illustrative Ethnographies 103(104) Ethnography of Police Work in an Affluent Community 103(13) Otis Jeffrey White North Elementary School 116(7) Jenny Irving Michael Allen Intensive Care: An Ethnography of a Critical Care Unit 123(19) Christopher Goodwin Ethnography of a Greyhound Track: A Study on Social Stratification and Diehards 142(10) Stephanie Smith Women of the Night: An Ethnography of the Women Who Work at Kitty's 152(17) Elizabeth Cunningham Kathryn Hayes The Dale House: Finding a Family in the System 169(13) Jennifer Sands Bijou House 182(9) Andrew D. Lewis Denny's: A Discovery of the Night People 191(16) Jack Denman BIBLIOGRAPHY 207