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Travels with Ernest : crossing the literary/sociological divide

Laurel Richardson and Ernest Lockridge-accomplished sociologist and published novelist-explore the fascinating interplay between literary and ethnographic writing. The exciting result is an intriguing experimental text that simultaneously delves into, reveals, simplifies, and complicates methodologies of writing and conveying experience. This boundary-crossing text will provide an ideal platform for students and professors interested in understanding and exploring the absorbing complexities and possibilities of ethnographic writing and creative nonfiction
Print Book, English, ©2004
AltaMira Press, Walnut Creek, CA, ©2004
Biography
ix, 259 pages ; 24 cm
9780759105966, 9780759105973, 0759105960, 0759105979
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Chapter 1 Acknowledgments Chapter 2 Trail Guide: An Introduction Chapter 3 1: Death Valley Part 4 Death Valley Day Part 5 Ah Wilderness! Part 6 Conversation: Death Valley Chapter 7 2: Ireland Part 8 All in the Family Part 9 Unquiet American Part 10 Conversation: Ireland Chapter 11 3: Beirut, Lebanon Part 12 City by the Sea Part 13 Laurel in Arabia Part 14 Conversation: Beirut Part 15 Meta-Conversation Chapter 16 4: Copenhagen, Denmark Part 17 Lost in the Space Part 18 Stranger in a Stranger Land Part 19 Conversation: Copenhagen Chapter 20 5: Petrozavodsk, Russia Part 21 Out of Russia Part 22 To Russia with Love Part 23 Conversation: Russia Chapter 24 6: St. Petersburg Beach, Florida Part 25 On the Beach Part 26 Ernest goes to Yale Part 27 Conversation: St. Pete Beach Chapter 28 7: Sedona, Arizona Part 29 Call of the Canyon Part 30 Grandson of Paleface Chapter 31 8: Worthington, Ohio Part 32 Happy Trail—The Movie Chapter 33 Appendix: How This Book Was Made Chapter 34 About the Authors Chapter 35 Index