The Experience of Ethnographic Fieldwork in an English Benedictine Monastery: Or, Not Playing at Being a Monk

What is the role of imitation in ethnographic fieldwork, and what are its limits? This article explores what it means to participate in a particular fieldsite; a Catholic English Benedictine monastery. A discussion of the importance of hospitality in the life of the monastery shows how the guest bec...

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Main Author: Irvine, Richard D. G. 1982- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Equinox [2010]
In: Fieldwork in religion
Year: 2010, Volume: 5, Issue: 2, Pages: 221-235
Further subjects:B Ethnography
B Hospitality
B Participation
B Silence
B Monasticism
B Work
B Catholicism
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