1st Edition
Taboo Sex, Identity and Erotic Subjectivity in Anthropological Fieldwork
300 Pages
by
Routledge
300 Pages
by
Routledge
304 Pages
by
Routledge
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Taboo looks at the ethnographer and sexuality in anthropological fieldwork and considers the many roles that sexuality plays in the anthropological production of knowledge and texts. How does the sexual identity that anthropologists have in their "home" society affect the kind of sexuality they are allowed to express in other cultures? How is the anthropologists' sexuality perceived by the... Read more
Notes on contributors, Preface, Introduction The sexual life of anthropologists: erotic subjectivity and ethnographic work, 1 Lovers in the field: sex, dominance, and the female anthropologist, 2 Falling in love with an-Other lesbian: reflections on identity in fieldwork, 3 The penetrating intellect: on being white, straight, and male in Korea, 4 Walking the fire line: the erotic dimension of the fieldwork experience, 5 Tricks, friends, and lovers: erotic encounters in the field, 6 My ‘chastity belt’: avoiding seduction in Tonga, 7 Fear and loving in the West Indies: research from the heart (as well as the head), 8 Rape in the field: reflections from a survivor, Afterword Perspective and difference: sexualization, the field, and the ethnographer, Index
Biography
Margaret Willson, Don Kulick
