Ethnographic realism

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Within the field of anthropology and other social sciences, ethnography is a genre of writing used to describe human social and cultural interactions. Ethnographic realism is a style of ethnographic writing that narrates the author's experiences and observations as if the reader was witnessing or experiencing events first hand. A work written using ethnographic realism may be referred to as a realist ethnography, and classified as a subgenre of ethnography.

Contents 1 Styles of ethnographic realism 1.1 Totalizing description 1.2 Omniscient narration 1.3 Native interpretation 1.4 Generalizations 1.5 Jargon 2 Notable realist ethnographies and writers

[edit] Styles of ethnographic realism

George Marcus and Dick Cushman described and categorized realist ethnographies under certain characteristics.

[edit] Totalizing description

[edit] Omniscient narration

[edit] Native interpretation

[edit] Generalizations

[edit] Jargon

[edit] Notable realist ethnographies and writers