American Culture: A Student's Guide to Ethnographic Research

List of figures
List of appendixes
Preface

PART I PRACTICAL GUIDE TO ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH
CHAPTER 1 American Cultural Assumptions
J. Derrick Lemons and Smitha Ganeshan

CHAPTER 2 Ethnographic Research
J. Derrick Lemons

CHAPTER 3 Conducting Fieldwork and Research
J. Derrick Lemons

CHAPTER 4 Writing and Presenting Your Research
J. Derrick Lemons and Christine M. Beitl

PART II SAMPLE ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS
CHAPTER 5 Propellants and Perceptions of Prophetic Painting
Elizabeth Holmes Rogers

CHAPTER 6 Faith versus Family: Motivations for Religious Involvement of College Students
Kaitlyn Downs

CHAPTER 7 Ritual Participation: Perceptions and Attitudes among American Sorority Women toward Ritualistic Prayer
Nicole Ayers Thaxton