Waubonsee Community College

The ethnographic self, fieldwork and the representation of identity, Amanda Coffey

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-176) and index

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The ethnographic self

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Amanda Coffey

"What are the relationships between the self and fieldwork? How do personal, emotional and identity issues impact on fieldwork?" "The Ethnographic Self argues that ethnographers and others involved in research in the field should be aware of how fieldwork affects the researcher, and how the researcher affects the field. Coffey synthesizes accounts of the personal experience of ethnography, and aims to make sense of the process of fieldwork research as a set of practical, intellectual and emotional accomplishments. The book is thematically arranged and illustrated with a wide range of empirical material. The author examines the ethnographic presence in the field, and the implications of this in and beyond fieldwork, exploring issues such as the creation of the ethnographic self, and the embodiment and sexualization of the field and self." "The Ethnographic Self will be of interest to anyone working in the area of qualitative research, but especially for sociologists, and educational and health researchers."--Jacket

fieldwork and the representation of identity

Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Locating the self -- 3. The interpersonal field -- 4. The embodiment of fieldwork -- 5. The sex(ual) field -- 6. Romancing the field -- 7. Writing the self -- 8. (Re)presenting the field -- 9. Consequences and commitments -- References -- Index