Fiction and Social Research

Download or read book Fiction and Social Research written by Anna Banks and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 1998 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fiction and Social Research brings together writers from a variety of disciplines to explore and illustrate the possibilities of new narrative forms in social research. At the intersections of fiction, ethnography, and cultural studies, these essays demonstrate narratives that simultaneously enrich fieldwork and enliven research reporting. By arranging this volume into four areas of concern, this volume demonstrates how fiction can express issues of representation, subjectivity, critique and postmodern discourse. This volume is unique in its accessibility and will prove a valuable tool to the veteran scholar and beginning ethnographer alike.