Temple University Press Family and Work in Everyday Ethnography

Family and Work in Everyday Ethnography exposes the intimate relationship between ethnographers as both family members and researchers. The contributors to this exciting volume question and problematize the \u201cartificial divide\u201d between work and family that continues to permeate writing on ethnographic field work as social scientists try to juggle research and family tensions while \u201con the job.\u201d Essays relate experiences that mirror work-family dilemmas that all employed parents face, and show how deeply personal experiences affect social scientists’ home life and their studies. Bringing together voices of various family members―pregnant women, mothers, fathers, and children―Family and Work in Everyday Ethnography demonstrates how the mixture of work and family in this particular occupation has raised questions―both practical and theoretical―that relate to race, class, and gender. Contributors include: Chris Bobel, Erynn Masi de Casanova, Randol Contreras, C. Aiden Downey, Tanya Golash-Boza, Steven Gold, Sherri Grasmuck, Barbara Katz Rothman, Jennifer Reich, Leah Schmalzbauer, Gregory Smithsimon, and the editors. Review "Even though the stories presented in this book revolve around ethnographic research, quantitative and qualitative researchers alike will be able to relate to the discussion of work and family balance. Covering issues from the visibility of the pregnant body when in the field, to bringing children to your study, to how a researcher copes with continuing their research in the face of tragedy, this book will keep the reader engaged through its narratives and reflections on the topic of balancing work and family in research... Researchers across disciplines and methods in the social sciences will find this book an interesting reflection on their own work and family balance in their research." - Contemporary Sociology "This edited collection poses several questions for and about the practice of ethnography for the study of families and work... A useful text for collections on qualitative research methods or sociology of family. Summing Up: Recommended." - Choice About the Author Tamara Mose Brown is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Program Director of Caribbean Studies at Brooklyn College, City University of New York. She is author of Raising Brooklyn: Nannies, Childcare, and Caribbeans Creating Community.   Joanna Dreby is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University at Albany, State University of New York. She is author of Divided by Borders: Mexican Migrants and their Children.