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. 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.

• 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