The ‘desired state of mind’: Emotional labor and the hidden cost of symbolic power in 911 emergency response in the U.S
The ‘desired state of mind’: Emotional labor and the hidden cost of symbolic power in 911 emergency response in the Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Borrowing from scholarship on emotional labor,…
Matrilineal practices among muslims: An ethnographic study of the Minangkabau of West Sumatra
Matrilineal practices among muslims: An ethnographic study of the Minangkabau of West Sumatra Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Matrilineal practices constitute an important aspect of the social organization among the Minangkabau…
The sakan shababiyy, or the world improvised: Displacement and masculine domestic space in Lebanon
The sakan shababiyy, or the world improvised: Displacement and masculine domestic space in Lebanon Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article is an ethnographic study of a sakan shababiyy––a non-familial domestic…
National differentiation and imagined authenticity: The Hmong New Year in multicultural Laos and the United States
National differentiation and imagined authenticity: The Hmong New Year in multicultural Laos and the United States Ethnography, Ahead of Print. By comparing changes in New Year’s celebrations among Hmong in…
Online workouts and fitness instructors’ physical autonomy in times of the Covid-19 pandemic
Online workouts and fitness instructors’ physical autonomy in times of the Covid-19 pandemic Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This paper adds to the limited number of studies about physical autonomy and…
Tales from the (disrupted) field: Contemplating interruptions, disruptions, and ethnography amidst a pandemic
Tales from the (disrupted) field: Contemplating interruptions, disruptions, and ethnography amidst a pandemic Ethnography, Ahead of Print. Many ethnographers had to reconceptualize or withdraw from their fieldwork due to COVID-19.…
A relational approach to the ethnographic study of power in the context of the city of London
A relational approach to the ethnographic study of power in the context of the city of London Ethnography, Ahead of Print. The immersive ethnographic tradition has strong potential to contribute…
Hybrid ethnography: Access, positioning, and data assembly
Hybrid ethnography: Access, positioning, and data assembly Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This research suggests three ways in which hybrid ethnography can be used to overcome the shortcomings of single-realm ethnography,…
Emotion and othering in a contaminated community
Emotion and othering in a contaminated community Ethnography, Ahead of Print. This article focuses on community responses to residential toxic exposure in eastern Sandusky County, Ohio, where 35 children were…