Writing in Anthropology

This list includes books about academic writing in Anthropology.

Updated March 21, 2025
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The A-Z of social research a dictionary of key social science research concepts
Miller, Robert L.
Ebook
`A detailed and valuable addition to the literature that will be a very useful resource for lecturers, as well as having a wide appeal among students′ - Tim May, University of Salford Have you ever wondered what a concise, comprehensive book providing critical...
Anthropology off the shelf : anthropologists on writing
Waterston, Alisse
Ebook
In Anthropology off the Shelf, leading anthropologists reflect on the craft of writing and the passions that fuel their desire to write books. First of its kind volume in anthropology in which prominent anthropologists and 3 respected professionals outside the discipline follow the...
Anthropology off the shelf anthropologists on writing
Waterston, Alisse
Ebook
In Anthropology off the Shelf, leading anthropologists reflect on the craft of writing and the passions that fuel their desire to write books. First of its kind volume in anthropology in which prominent anthropologists and 3 respected professionals outside the discipline follow the...
Body, paper, stage writing and performing autoethnography
Spry, Tami.
Ebook
Tami Spry provides a methodological introduction to the budding field of performative autoethnography. She intertwines three necessary elements comprising the process. First one must understand the body - navigating concepts of self, culture, language, class, race, gender, and physicality. The...
Doing a literature review : releasing the social science research imagination
Hart, Chris.
Paper Book
′This book can provide an excellent framework for bolstering what is often an experiential process - doing a literature review. It is best seen alongside the supervisor, as a guide, through the multidimensional sea of academic literature′ - British Educational Research Journal ...
Doing honest work in college : how to prepare citations, avoid plagiarism, and achieve real academic success
Lipson, Charles.
Paper Book
Since its publication in 2004, Doing Honest Work in College has become an integral part of academic integrity and first-year experience programs across the country. This helpful guide explains the principles of academic integrity in a clear, straightforward way and shows students...
Elements of Indigenous style a guide for writing by and about Indigenous Peoples
Younging, Gregory
Ebook
Cited in the Chicago Manual of Style The groundbreaking Indigenous style guide every writer needs A new editorial team continues the paradigm-shifting conversation started by the late Gregory Younging in his foundational Elements of Indigenous Style....
Elements of Indigenous style a guide for writing by and about Indigenous Peoples
Younging, Gregory
Ebook
Cited in the Chicago Manual of Style The groundbreaking Indigenous style guide every writer needs A new editorial team continues the paradigm-shifting conversation started by the late Gregory Younging in his foundational Elements of Indigenous Style....
Media, anthropology and public engagement
Pink, Sarah
Ebook
Contemporary anthropology is done in a world where social and digital media are playing an increasingly significant role, where anthropological and arts practices are often intertwined in museum and public intervention contexts, and where anthropologists are encouraged to engage with mass media....
Narratives in social science research
Czarniawska-Joerges, Barbara.
Ebook
Narratives in Social Science Research introduces students to the use of narrative methodology as a research tool. It offers a rigorous framework for the application of these devices within qualitative research. The book provides: An historical overview of the development of the...
The other shore : essays on writers and writing
Jackson, Michael
Ebook
In this book, ethnographer and poet Michael Jackson addresses the interplay between modes of writing, modes of understanding, and modes of being in the world. Drawing on literary, anthropological and autobiographical sources, he explores writing as a technics akin to ritual, oral storytelling,...
The other shore essays on writers and writing
Jackson, Michael
Ebook
In this book, ethnographer and poet Michael Jackson addresses the interplay between modes of writing, modes of understanding, and modes of being in the world. Drawing on literary, anthropological and autobiographical sources, he explores writing as a technics akin to ritual, oral storytelling,...
Research methods for the social sciences
Wellington, J. J.
Ebook
The aim of this book is to provide an introductory but not simplistic guide to research in the social and behavioural sciences. The book sets out to tackle difficult issues and concepts in a scholarly but accessible manner, providing ample guidance and signposts to further reading. We explore a...
Tales of the field : on writing ethnography
Van Maanen, John.
Paper Book
For more than twenty years, John Van Maanen's Tales of the Field has been a definitive reference and guide for students, scholars, and practitioners of ethnography and beyond. Originally published in 1988, it was the one of the first works to detail and critically analyze the various...
Writing ethnographic fieldnotes
Emerson, Robert M.
Paper Book
In this companion volume to John van Maanen's Tales of the Field, three scholars reveal how the ethnographer turns direct experience and observation into written fieldnotes upon which an ethnography is based.
Writing up qualitative research
Wolcott, Harry F.
Paper Book
`Harry Wolcott′s book is one of those little "must-have", "must-read" gems. The voice of experience is unmistakable. It′s great fun to read, and chock full of helpful, "how-to-do-it" advice′ - H Russell Bernard, University of Florida and author of Social Research Methods...

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