Women Fielding Danger: Negotiating Ethnographic Identities in Field Research

by Marie-Louise Glebbeek and Martha K. Huggins

Book Overview

In a compelling exploration of an oft-hidden aspect of qualitative field research, Women Fielding Danger shows how identity performances can facilitate or block field research outcomes. The book asks questions that are crucial for all women engaged in field research. Do researchers enter their field site with a totally neutral identity? Can a researcher's own identity be at odds with how interviewees see her? Could a researcher be of the "wrong" gender,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742541193
• ISBN13: 9780742541191
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 to 22 years
• Grade Range: Postsecondary