District of Columbia Fire Fighters' Project: A Case Study in Occupational Folklife

摘要

The monograph presents the results of an ethnographic study of urban fire fighters in a casebook format. It is preceded by a general introduction and accompanied by a critique of the entire public sector project written. In addition to this material, concluding chapters place the ethnography in a theoretical framework, focusing on the way in which the expressive aspects of work culture (techniques, customs, and verbal expressions) comprise an informally controlled body of knowledge (the 'canon of technique performance') against which all collective and individual actions are measured in the culture. A glossary and bibliography complete the monograph. (Copyright (c) 1985 by Smithsonian Institution.)