noun.
The branch of anthropology that deals with the description of specific human cultures, using methods such as close observation and interviews.
noun.
A text produced using such methods.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
The scientific description and classification of the different races and nations of mankind. See extract under ethnology.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
That branch of knowledge which has for its subject the characteristics of the human family, developing the details with which ethnology as a comparative science deals; descriptive ethnology. See ethnology.
noun.
The branch of anthropology that scientificallydescribes specific humancultures and societies.
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noun.
the branch of anthropology that provides scientific description of individual human societies
Word Usage
"If "ethnography" is the only way by which literature and literary criticism can be incorporated into a college curriculum or into academic scholarship, best to leave them be."