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Taboo : Sex, Identity and Erotic Subjectivity in Anthropological Fieldwork, Paperback / softback Book

Taboo : Sex, Identity and Erotic Subjectivity in Anthropological Fieldwork Paperback / softback

Edited by Don Kulick, Margaret Willson

Paperback / softback

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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 people with whom he or she does research?

How common is sexual violence and intimidation in the field and why is its existence virtually unmentioned in anthropology?

These are but a few of the questions to be confronted, exploring from differing perspectives the depth of the influence this tabooed topic has on the entire practice and production of anthropology. A long-overdue text for all students and lecturers of anthropology, many post-fieldwork readers will find a resonance of issues they have previously faced (or tried to avoid) and those who are still to undertake fieldwork will find articles that refer to other kinds of personal and professional experience as well as providing invaluable preparations for coping in the field.

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