ISBN: 9780226567921

“A gem of a book . . . of use to both beginning and seasoned ethnographers, as well as to anyone who wants to improve his or her writing about social life.” … Más…

“A gem of a book . . . of use to both beginning and seasoned ethnographers, as well as to anyone who wants to improve his or her writing about social life.” —Elizabeth Fine, Journal of Folklore ResearchAnton Chekhov is revered as a boldly innovative playwright and short story writer—but he wrote more than just plays and stories. In Alive in the Writing—an intriguing hybrid of writing guide, biography, and literary analysis—anthropologist and novelist Kirin Narayan introduces readers to some other sides of Chekhov: his pithy, witty observations on the writing process, his life as a writer through accounts by his friends, family, and lovers, and his venture into nonfiction through his book Sakhalin Island. By closely attending to the people who lived under the appalling conditions of the Russian penal colony on Sakhalin, Chekhov showed how empirical details combined with a literary flair can bring readers face to face with distant, different lives, enlarging a sense of human responsibility.Highlighting this balance of the empirical and the literary, Narayan calls on Chekhov to bring new energy to the writing of ethnography and creative nonfiction alike. Weaving together selections from writing by and about him with examples from other talented ethnographers and memoirists, she offers practical exercises and advice on topics such as story, theory, place, person, voice, and self. A new and lively exploration of ethnography, Alive in the Writing shows how the genre’s attentive, sustained connection with the lives of others can become a powerful tool for any writer.“A brief and brilliant book about what it means to be an ethnographer, and how to do it responsibly, and better.” —James Wood, The New Yorker Digital Content>E-books>Social Sciences>Anthropology>Anthropology, University of Chicago Press Digital >16<

2012, ISBN: 9780226567921

Crafting Ethnography in the Company of Chekhov, eBooks, eBook Download (EPUB), Anton Chekhov is revered as a boldly innovative playwright and short story writer but he wrote more than jus… Más…

Crafting Ethnography in the Company of Chekhov, eBooks, eBook Download (EPUB), Anton Chekhov is revered as a boldly innovative playwright and short story writer but he wrote more than just plays and stories. In&nbsp;Alive in the Writing an intriguing hybrid of writing guide, biography, and literary analysis anthropologist and novelist Kirin Narayan introduces readers to some other sides of Chekhov: his pithy, witty observations on the writing process, his life as a writer through accounts by his friends, family, and lovers, and his venture into nonfiction through his book&nbsp;Sakhalin Island. By closely attending to the people who lived under the appalling conditions of the Russian penal colony on Sakhalin, Chekhov showed how empirical details combined with a literary flair can bring readers face to face with distant, different lives, enlarging a sense of human responsibility.Highlighting this balance of the empirical and the literary, Narayan calls on Chekhov to bring new energy to the writing of ethnography and creative nonfiction alike. Weaving together selections from writing by and about him with examples from other talented ethnographers and memoirists, she offers practical exercises and advice on topics such as story, theory, place, person, voice, and self. A new and lively exploration of ethnography,&nbsp;Alive in the Writing&nbsp;shows how the genre s attentive, sustained connection with the lives of others can become a powerful tool for any writer. [PU: University of Chicago Press], Seiten: 168, University of Chicago Press, 2012<

2012, ISBN: 9780226567921

Crafting Ethnography in the Company of Chekhov, eBooks, eBook Download (EPUB), Anton Chekhov is revered as a boldly innovative playwright and short story writer-but he wrote more than jus… Más…

Crafting Ethnography in the Company of Chekhov, eBooks, eBook Download (EPUB), Anton Chekhov is revered as a boldly innovative playwright and short story writer-but he wrote more than just plays and stories. In&nbsp;Alive in the Writing-an intriguing hybrid of writing guide, biography, and literary analysis-anthropologist and novelist Kirin Narayan introduces readers to some other sides of Chekhov: his pithy, witty observations on the writing process, his life as a writer through accounts by his friends, family, and lovers, and his venture into nonfiction through his book&nbsp;Sakhalin Island. By closely attending to the people who lived under the appalling conditions of the Russian penal colony on Sakhalin, Chekhov showed how empirical details combined with a literary flair can bring readers face to face with distant, different lives, enlarging a sense of human responsibility.Highlighting this balance of the empirical and the literary, Narayan calls on Chekhov to bring new energy to the writing of ethnography and creative nonfiction alike. Weaving together selections from writing by and about him with examples from other talented ethnographers and memoirists, she offers practical exercises and advice on topics such as story, theory, place, person, voice, and self. A new and lively exploration of ethnography,&nbsp;Alive in the Writing&nbsp;shows how the genre's attentive, sustained connection with the lives of others can become a powerful tool for any writer. [PU: University of Chicago Press], Seiten: 168, University of Chicago Press, 2012<

ISBN: 9780226567921

University of Chicago Press Sociology ,9780226568195 UK,GB,DE,ES,FR,IT,US,CA,MX,AU,NZ 20120126 English Social Sciences, The University of Chicago Press

2012, ISBN: 9780226567921

Crafting Ethnography in the Company of Chekhov, eBooks, eBook Download (EPUB), [PU: University of Chicago Press], University of Chicago Press, 2012