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In this book Paul Willis, a renowned sociologist and ethnographer, aims to renew and develop the ethnographic craft across the disciplines. Drawing from numerous examples of his own past and current work, he shows that ethnographic practice and the ethnographic imagination are vital to understanding the creativity and irreducibility of experience in all aspects of social and cultural practice.
Willis argues that ethnography plays a vital role in constituting ‘sensuousness’ in textual, methodological, and substantive ways, but it can do this only through the deployment of an associated theoretical imagination which cannot be found simply there in the field. He presents a bold and incisive ethnographically oriented view of the world, emphasizing the need for a deep-running social but also aesthetic sensibility. In doing so he brings new insights to the understanding of human action and its dialectical relation to social and symbolic structures. He makes original contributions to the understanding of the contemporary human uses of objects, artefacts and communicative forms, presenting a new analysis of commodity fetishism as central to consumption and to the wider social relations of contemporary societies. He also utilizes his perspective to further the understanding of the contemporary crisis in masculinity and to cast new light on various lived everyday cultures – at school, on the dole, on the street, in the Mall, in front of TV, in the dance club.
This book will be essential reading for all those involved in planning or contemplating ethnographic fieldwork and for those interested in the contributions it can make to the social sciences and humanities.
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Men In Love
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Men in Love goes beyond the socio-sexual cliché of woman seen as either madonna or whore to reveal the conflict of love and rage at the centre of men’s emotions and erotic desires. Based on thousands of candid responses from men ranging from their teens to their sixties, Men in Love – startling and shocking – will change men’s deepest feelings about their sexuality and make the women who care about them understand them as never before.
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I Have Seen the Promised Land: A Utopian Novella
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So…You Think You Know The Bible? Mass Market Paperback
What two people was time altered for? What man got his head nailed to the ground? What two Old Testament characters never died? If you like Bible trivia, you’ll love So. . .You Think You Know the Bible? Packed with more than 700 mind-stretching questions-no fluffy stuff here!-this brand-new trivia challenge will fascinate and entertain readers for hours. Thirty categories of 25 questions each-including “Who’s Who,” “Biblical Geography,” and “We Dare You to Answer These!”-are accompanied by a scoring system to track your success. More great Bible trivia from Barbour!
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District Laboratory Practice in Tropical Countries
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The Age of the Warrior
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A selection of Robert Fisk’s finest ‘Comment’ pieces from the Saturday Independent.
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