Observing the observer

""Obserring the Obserrer makes an important contribution to the literature on social seience methodology by foeusing on the process of conducting field research and how this process shapes our findings (and ourselves). The book fills an important gap in this literature by not only highlighting various nuts-and-bolls aspects of carrying out field research but also by bringing in a personal perspective to the process."--Melanie Cammell, Harvard University" ""Several sections are quile unique to the literature on qualitative research (e.g., the sections on motherhood and fieldwork and on absent selves) and will make a significant and very useful contribution.^ The book raises issues that are not addressed in any other methodological text I have seen."