Contours of Culture

Paul Atkinson is Distinguished Research Professor in sociology at Cardiff University, in Wales. Sara Delamont is a reader in sociology at Cardiff University. William Housley is a lecturer in sociology at Cardiff University.

• Chapter 1 Contours of EthnographyChapter 2 Ethnographic Research: Unity and DiversityChapter 3 Discourse and Social InteractionChapter 4 Narratives and Other Stories5 Materials and Traces6 Places, Spaces, and Timescapes7 Visual and Sensory CulturesChapter 8 Complex Ethnography, Ethnography of Complexity

This is a powerful book, compelling in detail, vision, and grasp of the contemporary landscape in ethnographic research. The authors steer the field back to foundational moorings, to the careful ethnographic study of the multiple forms of daily life, including discourse, social interaction, narratives, stories, places, and spaces. We've long needed a book like this. In its passionate call for a return to foundations, it represents cutting-edge new directions in qualitative inquiry.