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A Serial Ethnographer: An Interview with Gary Alan Fine

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  1. An earlier version of this interview appeared in Italian as “Una passione addomesticata: l’etnografia come professione. Dialogo con Gary Alan Fine” in Rassegna Italiana di Sociologia, n. 1, 2009, pp. 161–184.

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Sassatelli, R. A Serial Ethnographer: An Interview with Gary Alan Fine. Qual Sociol 33, 79–96 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11133-009-9144-2

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