"I Was Afraid Someone like You... an Outsider... Would Misunderstand": Negotiating Interpretive Differences between Ethnographers and Subjects

1992/01/01 by Elaine J. Lawless · 3 citations
Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · #Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies #Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics #Oral History, Memory, Narrative Analysis

paper · doi:10.2307/541758

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Abstract

Elaine J. Lawless, "I Was Afraid Someone like You... an Outsider... Would Misunderstand": Negotiating Interpretive Differences between Ethnographers and Subjects, The Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 105, No. 417 (Summer, 1992), pp. 302-314

Citations

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• Elaine J. Lawless [wikipedia]