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Thick comparison [electronic resource] : reviving the ethnographic aspiration / edited by Thomas Scheffer and Jörg Niewöhner.

Scheffer, Thomas, Dr. (Added Author). Niewöhner, Jörg. (Added Author).

Summary:

In ethnographic inquiry, comparing is fraught with difficulties, never complete and often fails. Yet it remains a strangely productive mode of working. "Thick comparison" develops and reflects on the production of comparability as a fruitful process in ethnographic research.

Record details

ISBN: 9789004183742 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9004183744 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9789004181137 (cloth)
ISBN: 900418113X (cloth)
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xi, 223 p.) : ill.
Publisher: Leiden ; Brill, 2010.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.