Interrogating Ethnography - Why Evidence Matters

In Interrogating Ethnography, Steven Lubet uses the tools and techniques of a trial lawyer to explore the stories behind ethnographic narratives, many of which turn out to be dubious, exaggerated, tendentious, or just plain wrong.

List of contents

• Preface


• Introduction: The Ethnographic Trial


• Chapter One: Testimony


• Chapter Two: Opinion and Documentation


• Chapter Three: Unreliability


• Chapter Four: Credulity


• Chapter Five: Selectivity


• Chapter Six: Rumors and Folklore


• Chapter Seven: Anonymity


• Chapter Eight: Criminality


• Conclusion: Toward Evidence-Based Ethnography

About the author

Steven Lubet is the Williams Memorial Professor of Law at Northwestern University. He is the author of fifteen books and over 120 articles on the history, ethics, and practice of law.

Summary

In Interrogating Ethnography, Steven Lubet uses the tools and techniques of a trial lawyer to explore the stories behind ethnographic narratives, many of which turn out to be dubious, exaggerated, tendentious, or just plain wrong.

Product details

• Authors: Steven Lubet, Steven (Professor of Law Lubet, Lubet Steven
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9780190655686
• ISBN: 978-0-19-065568-6
• No. of pages: 216
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, LAW / Research, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social and cultural anthropology, Social research & statistics, Social research and statistics, Law & society, Law and society, sociology of law, Primary sources of law, Law of science and research, university college law