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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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Equinox
[2010]
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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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