The fieldworker and the field : problems and challenges in sociological investigation / edited by M.N. Srinivas, A.M. Shah, E.A. Ramaswamy.

Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
2nd ed.
Published/​Created
New Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Description
xvii, 288 p. ; 23 cm.

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Series
Oxford India paperbacks [More in this series]
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
  • The fieldworker and the field : a village in Karnataka / M.N. Srinivas
  • Studying the present and the past : a village in Gujarat / A.M. Shah
  • Experiences of an encapsulated observer : a village in Rajasthan / Anand Chakravarti
  • On tracks and tracts in my fieldwork : rural Kerala / K. Raman Unni
  • Fieldwork experience : relived and reconsidered : rural Uttar Pradesh / P.C. Joshi
  • Travails of a woman fieldworker : a small town in Uttar Pradesh / Khadija A. Gupta
  • A woman's encounter with Arya Samaj and untouchables : a slum in Jullundur / Veena Dua
  • The bottom view up : some cognitive categories : slums in Madras / Beba D. Varadachar
  • Objective appreciation through subjective involvement : a slum in Kanpur / Maren Bellwinkel
  • Making my way through caste images : untouchables in Poona / Sunanda Patwardhan
  • Trial and error in a new field : a factory in Gujarat / N.R. Sheth
  • Being where the action was : trade unions in Coimbatore / E.A. Ramaswamy
  • Walking on the edge of factionalism : an industrial co-operative in rural Maharashtra / B.S. Baviskar
  • Varied roles in the field : a hospital in Delhi / Aneeta A. Minocha
  • An apprenticeship marked by frustrations : college students in Mysore / Chitra Sivakumar
  • Selecting a 'representative' village : a village in Japan / S. Seshaiah
  • The anthropologist-informant relationship : the Navajo and Zuni in America and the Tharu in India / Triloki Nath Pandey
  • Problems of entry : Sri Lanka, Zambia and Australia / R. Jayaraman.
ISBN
0195668340
OCLC
55891894
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