What is critical ethnography? How do we use theory to interpret research data? What is performance ethnography? You can find answers to these fundamental questions in D. Soyini Madison's engaging and highly multidisciplinary Third Edition of Critical Ethnography: Methods, Ethics, and Performance. The book presents a fresh new look at critical ethnography by emphasizing the significance of ethics and performance in the art and politics of fieldwork. The productive links between theory and method are celebrated in this title. Theoretical concepts range from queer theory, feminist theory, and critical race theory to Marxism and phenomenology. The methodological techniques range from designing and asking in-depth interview questions and developing rapport to coding and interpreting data. The various theories and methods culminate in three fictional ethnographic case studies that "enact" the interdependence between theory and method and the significance of social theory, ethics, and performance.

PrefaceAcknowledgmentsChapter 1 ¿ Introduction to Critical Ethnography: Theory and Method Defining Terms: What Is the Critical in Critical Ethnography? Dialogue: Virtues and Challenges The Method and Theory Nexus Key Terms Warm-UpsChapter 2 ¿ Methods: "Do I Really Need a Method?" A Method . . . or Deep Hanging Out? "Who Am I?" Starting Where You Are "Who Else Has Written About My Topic?" Being a Part of an Interpretive Community The Power of Purpose: Bracketing Your Subject Preparing for the Field: The Research Design and Lay Summary The Interview Formulating Questions Questions to Get Started: Experience, Opinions, Feelings, and the Senses Creativity, Questions, and Three Favorites Memory and the Oral History Interview Rapport: How and What Is This Between Us? Coding and Logging Data A Biomimetics of Ethnography Warm-UpsChapter 3 ¿ Three Stories: Case Studies in Critical Ethnography Case 1: Local Activism in West Africa Case 2: Secrets, Sexuality, and Oral History Case 3: Community Theatre: Conflicts and Organization Warm-UpsChapter 4 ¿ Ethics Ethics Is . . . Ethics, Faith, and Environmental Activism The Question of Freedom Maria Lugones: Contemporary Ethics, Ethnography, and Loving Perception Summary Warm-UpsChapter 5 ¿ Methods and Application: Three Case Studies in Ethical Dilemmas Case 1: Local Activism in West Africa Case 2: Secrets, Sexuality, and Oral History Case 3: Community Theatre: Conflicts and Organization Warm-UpsChapter 6 ¿ Performance and Performed Ethnography Foundational Concepts in Performance and Social Theory Utopian Performatives The Performance Interventions of Dwight Conquergood Staging Ethnography as Performed Ethnography Autoethnography and/or Reflexive Ethnography Autoethnography in Performance as Critical Reflections Warm-UpsChapter 7 ¿ It's Time to Write: Writing as Performance Getting Started: In Search of the Muse The Anxiety of Writing: Wild Mind and Monkey Mind Writing as Performance and Performance as Writing Warm-UpsChapter 8 ¿ The Case Studies Case 1: Staging Cultural Performance Case 2: Oral History and Performance Case 3: Fieldwork and Social Drama Warm-UpsReferencesIndexAbout the Author