Identity, Metamorphosis, and Ethnographic Research: What "Kind" of Story Is "Ways with Words"?.

deCastell, Suzanne; Walker, Tom

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ERIC Number: EJ426522

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Publication Date: 1991

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Identity, Metamorphosis, and Ethnographic Research: What "Kind" of Story Is "Ways with Words"?

deCastell, Suzanne; Walker, Tom

Anthropology and Education Quarterly, v22 n1 p3-20 Mar 1991

Discusses the use of Shirley Brice Heath's "Ways with Words" in teacher education courses. Suggests that an important part of the meaning lies in the rhetorical form. Uses Bakhtin's analysis of the "adventure novel of everyday life" to illuminate Heath's use of form. (EVL)

Descriptors: Ethnography, Narration, Rhetorical Criticism, Rhetorical Theory, Teacher Education Curriculum

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Language: English

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