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Publication details [#55147]

Wortham, Stanton, Kathie Lee, Katherine Mortimer, Elaine Allard and Kimberly Daniel White. 2011. Interviews as interactional data. Language in Society 40 (1) : 39–50.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Place, Publisher
Cambridge University Press

Annotation

Although interviewers must forbear the possibly corrupting impact of interactional factors, this study shows that these factors can also yield valuable data, as interviewees may position themselves in ways that disclose something about the usual positioning of individuals or groups. This is illustrated by discussing New Latino Diaspora interviewees' “payday mugging” stories.