Bibliogr. en fin de contributions. Index.

Similarities among differences / Martha K. Huggins, Marie-Louise Glebbeek -- Fixing and negotiating identities in the field : the case of Lebanese Shiites / Roschanack Shaery-Eisenlohr -- Studying environmental rights and land usage : undergraduate researcher gets "gendered In" / Kat Rito -- Globalizing feminist research / Jennifer Bickham Mendez -- Veiling the "dangers" of colliding borders: tourism and gender in Zanzibar / Angela Demovic -- Gendered observations: activism, advocacy, and the academy / Victoria Sanford -- Human rights in East Timor : advocacy and ethics in the field / Lynn Frederiksson -- Securing "safe spaces" : field diplomacy in Albania and Kosovo / Stephanie Schwandner-Sievers -- Negotiating the field in rural India: location, organization, and identity salience / Mangala Subramaniam -- Perils of witnessing and ambivalence of writing : whiteness, sexuality, and violence in Rio de Janeiro shantytowns / Donna M. Goldstein -- Power, safety, and ethics in cross-gendered research with violent men / Lois Presser -- Negotiating the muddiness of grassroots field research : managing identity and data in rural El Salvador / Jocelyn Viterna -- Secrecy and trust in the affective field : conducting fieldwork in Burma / Monique Skidmore -- The veiled feminist ethnographer : fieldwork among women of India's Hindu right / Meera Sehgal -- Studying violent male institutions : cross-gender dynamics in police research - secrecy and danger in Brazil and Guatemala / Martha K. Huggins, Marie-Louise Glebbeek

"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. The book asks questions that are crucial for all women engaged in field research. Do researchers enter their field site with a totally neutral identity ? Can a researcher's own identity be at odds with how interviewees see her ? Could a researcher be of the "wrong" gender, sexuality, nationality, or religion for those being studied ? Must some of a researcher's identities be subsumed in certain research settings ? How much identity disguise is possible before a researcher violates research ethics or loses herself ? Together, these questions inform the book's themes of the centrality of gender, social and political danger, the negotiation of identities, and on-site ethics." "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."