Journal of Contemporary Ethnography articles from October 1998

Journal of Contemporary Ethnography archives from October 1998

Globalization, capital flight, and the shop floor: understanding the strike of '79.
October 1, 1998... Understanding the Strike of '79 THE THESIS THAT the social relations of production have undergone a qualitative transformation since the early 1970s is well established. As capitalism has re-created itself on a global plane, far more...

Withholding compliments in everyday life and the covert management of disaffiliation.
October 1, 1998... I think we all need to compliment people more because a compliment really makes you feel good. --Nina Yuen, age 12 Give a compliment. It could provide someone with a badly needed lift. --Ann Landers A compliment can readily...

Professional feelings as emotional labor.
October 1, 1998... Emotional labor is what workers do with their feelings to comply with organizational role requirements. This article explores the concept in professional organizations, examining the psychotherapeutic discourse of objectivity, neutrality, and...

Fear of victimization and the interactional construction of harassment in a Latino neighborhood.
October 1, 1998... FEAR OF CRIMINAL VICTIMIZATION routinely touches a large proportion of Americans. That fear may usually lie dormant within individuals as a reasonable understanding that the world can be a dangerous place: "The predators are out there and they...

The New Language of Qualitative Method.
October 1, 1998... THE NEW LANGUAGE OF QUALITATIVE METHOD, Jaber F. Gubrium and James A. Holstein, New York: Oxford University Press, 1997, 244 pp., $54 (cloth), $24 (paper) Jay Gubrium and Jim Holstein have aimed high with this book. Since they encourage...

The New Language of Qualitative Method.
October 1, 1998... Ethnography's encounter with postmodernism has yielded new wisdom but greater anxiety... because postmodern wisdom undermines the traditional authority of ethnographic scholarship. --Thomas Schwandt (1997) With many members of the...

Standing our middle ground. (response to articles by Robert Dingwall and Norman K. Denzin in this issue, p. 399-415)
October 1, 1998... The Journal of Contemporary Ethnography has called on critics with rather divergent perspectives to review our book The New Language of Qualitative Method. It is pleasantly ironic to realize that we are comfortable in the space that the two...

Something Left to Lose: Personal Relations and Survival Among New York's Homeless.
October 1, 1998... SOMETHING LEFT TO LOSE: PERSONAL RELATIONS AND SURVIVAL AMONG NEW YORK'S HOMELESS, Gwendolyn A. Dordick, Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1997, 224 pp., $59.95 (cloth), $17.95 (paper) Homeless persons in the United States are faced...

Shelter Blues: Sanity and Selfhood Among the Homeless.
October 1, 1998... SHELTER BLUES: SANITY AND SELFHOOD AMONG THE HOMELESS, Robert Desjarlais, Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1997, 320 pp., $42.50 (cloth), $19.95 (paper) Homeless persons in the United States are faced with a number of...