The April 1992 issue of the Journal of Contemporary
Ethnography is devoted to a series of essays reevaluating Whyte’s (1943)
classic field study, Street Corner Society. A social scientist interviewed some
of the people described in Whyte’s book and concluded that the researcher had
made methodological and ethical errors. Whyte and others offer rejoinders and
further commentary. Reading the entire issue of this journal will improve your
appreciation of the issues that field researchers confront.
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