Reading difference differently? Identity, epistemology and prison ethnography

British Journal of Criminology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 360-378

  Phillips, Coretta ^a   Earle, Rod ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute of Educational Technology

Author keywords

Class; Epistemology; Ethnography; Gender; Prison; Race; Reflexivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77249133690     PISSN: 00070955     EISSN: 14643529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjc/azp081     Document Type: Article

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