Women fielding danger : negotiating ethnographic identities in field research / edited by Martha K. Huggins and Marie-Louise Glebbeek.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Huggins, Martha Knisely, 1944-

Glebbeek, Marie-Louise, 1971-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social sciences--Fieldwork.

Social sciences.

Women in the social sciences.

Physical Description:

x, 397 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2009]

Summary:

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. Focusing on ethnographic research across a wide range of disciplines and world regions, this deeply informed book presents practical 'to-dos' and technical research strategies. In addition, it offers unique illustrations of how the political, geographic, and organizational realities of field sites shape identity negotiations and research outcomes. Understanding these dynamics, the authors show, is key to surviving the ethnographic field.

Contents:

Introduction: Similarities among Differences / Martha K. Huggins, Marie-Louise Glebbeek 1

Part I Gender's Front Stage: Insiders and Outsiders

1 Fixing and Negotiating Identities in the Field: The Case of Lebanese Shiites / Roschanack Shaery-Eisenlohr 31

2 Studying Environmental Rights and Land Usage: Undergraduate Researcher Gets "Gendered In" / Kat Rito 47

3 Globalizing Feminist Research / Jennifer Bickham Mendez 67

4 Veiling the "Dangers" of Colliding Borders: Tourism and Gender in Zanzibar / Angela Demovic 97

Part II Danger and "Safe Spaces"

5 Gendered Observations: Activism, Advocacy, and the Academy / Victoria Sanford 123

6 Human Rights in East Timor: Advocacy and Ethnics in the Field / Lynn Fredriksson 147

7 Securing "Safe Spaces": Field Diplomacy in Albania and Kosovo / Stephanie Schwandner-Sievers 173

Part III Negotiating Research Identities

8 Negotiating the Field in Rural India: Location, Organization, and Identity Salience / Mangala Subramaniam 201

9 Perils of Witnessing and Ambivalence of Writing: Whiteness, Sexuality, and Violence in Rio de Janeiro Shantytowns / Donna M. Goldstein 227

10 Power, Safety, and Ethics in Cross-Gendered Research with Violent Men / Lois Presser 251

11 Negotiating the Muddiness of Grassroots Field Research: Managing Identity and Data in Rural El Salvador / Jocelyn Viterna 271

Part IV Ethics and Secrecy

12 Secrecy and Trust in the Affective Field: Conducting Fieldwork in Burma / Monique Skidmore 301

13 The Veiled Feminist Ethnographer: Fieldwork among Women of India's Hindu Right / Meera Sehgal 325

14 Studying Violent Male Institutions: Cross-Gender Dynamics in Police Research-Secrecy and Danger in Brazil and Guatemala / Martha K. Huggins, Marie-Louise Glebbeek 353.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780742541191

0742541193

9780742541207

0742541207

9780742557567

0742557561

OCLC:

233813785