An Invitation to Ethnomethodology: Language, Society and Interaction

by Stephen K. Hester, David Francis, Stephen Hester

Book Overview

This book offers a new and rigorous approach to observational sociology that is grounded in ethnomethodology and conversation analysis. Throughout the authors encourage the reader to explore the social world at first hand, beginning with the immediate family context and then moving out into the public realm and organizational life. Examples of observational analysis are given with reference to topic areas such as family life, education, medicine,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761966420
• ISBN13: 9780761966425
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.4" x 9.1"