Volleyball – An Ethnographic Drama

In this book research in process and research findings are represented in a play script which brings vividly to life both ethnographic research methods and communication in the world of sport. This highly original book brings innovation and imagination to the representation of language in social life.

About the author

Adrian Blackledge is Professor of Sociolinguistics at the University of Stirling, UK. He has published widely on both multilingualism and sociolinguistics. Together with Angela Creese he is the author of Voices of a City Market: An Ethnography (Multilingual Matters, 2019), Interpretations – An Ethnographic Drama (Multilingual Matters, 2021), Volleyball – An Ethnographic Drama (Multilingual Matters, 2021) and Ode to the City – An Ethnographic Drama (Multilingual Matters, 2022). He was Birmingham Poet Laureate from 2014-2016. 
Angela Creese is Professor of Linguistic Ethnography at the University of Stirling, UK. She has published widely on multilingualism and ethnographic methods.

Summary

In this book research in process and research findings are represented in a play script which brings vividly to life both ethnographic research methods and communication in the world of sport. This highly original book brings innovation and imagination to the representation of language in social life.

Product details

• Authors: Adrian Blackledge, Blackledge Adrian, Angela Creese
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2021
• EAN: 9781800413702
• ISBN: 978-1-80041-370-2
• Dimensions: 174 mm x 245 mm x 8 mm
• Weight: 312 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, SPORTS & RECREATION / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, REFERENCE / Research, Sports teams & clubs, Migration, immigration & emigration, Social issues & processes, Migration, immigration and emigration, Sports teams and clubs, Bilingualism & multilingualism, Bilingualism and multilingualism, Research methods: general, Social Integration and assimilation