Sponsor
Portland State University. Department of Anthropology
First Advisor
Daniel J. Scheans
Date of Publication
1984
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (M.A.) in Anthropology
Department
Anthropology
Language
English
Subjects
Bi Mart Company, Department stores -- United States -- Case studies, Self-service stores -- United States -- Case studies, Discount houses (Retail trade) -- United States -- Case studies
DOI
10.15760/etd.5470
Physical Description
1 online resource (159 p.)
Abstract
This ethnography is a study of the cultural scene at one store of a chain of twenty-eight retail "discount department stores"--the Bi Mart Company, a subsidiary of the Pay 'n Save Corporation. It is an exercise of an ethnographic method developed by James Spradley that is used to uncover and describe the cultural grammar of acquired knowledge which Bi Mart employees use to define and interpret their situation and to generate and understand their work. The method is based on the assumption that culture is best learned and best described (as much as possible) from the "native" point of view.
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Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/20366
Recommended Citation
Princehouse, Caroline Yvonne, "You don't have to have a high school education to work here : an ethnography of a chainstore" (1984). Dissertations and Theses. Paper 3584.
https://doi.org/10.15760/etd.5470
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