write a book report on the ethnography, Tobacco Town Futures, by Ann Kingsolver. Your paper should be structured in the manner outlined below. If you believe Dr. Kingsolver has not addressed one of the areas listed, you need to state that explicitly.
I. Introduction: a clear statement of the central theme, focus, issue, or problem the ethnographer investigated.
II. Methods: describe the methods the ethnographer used to collect data (e.g., interview, participant- observation) and the techniques (e.g., statistical, case study) used to analyze the data.:
III. Body of paper (about two-thirds of the report):
• Provide a chapter-by-chapter survey of the contents of the ethnography and evaluate how well
it supports the stated goal(s) of the ethnography.
• Discuss important issues of the ethnography and attempt to relate them (whenever possible) to
what you have learned from the lectures, videos, or assigned texts and web readings.
IV. Discussion and Conclusion:
• What is the theoretical perspective of the ethnographer and how does it color her analysis of
the data?
• Is the ethnographer convincing? Meaning, are the methods and data adequate for dealing with
the research problems?
• Does the author attempt to generalize the findings through use of the comparative method?
• How did the ethnography help you understand more deeply something about your own culture?
• How did the ethnography reinforce or undermine any of your assumptions about human
behavior?
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