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The Surprise of Ethnography
Author(s) -
Shweder Richard A.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
ethos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.783
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1548-1352
pISSN - 0091-2131
DOI - 10.1525/eth.1997.25.2.152
Subject(s) - surprise , ethnography , problem of universals , sociology , psychology , epistemology , linguistics , anthropology , communication , philosophy
This speech to an NIMH audience is about the process of discovery in ethnography and the hazards of presumptive universals in research on family life practices, emotions, moral development, and representations of the life cycle.