Becoming a sadomasochist: Integrating self and other in ethnographic analysis

Journal of Contemporary Ethnography

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 619-643

  Newmahr, Staci ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytic ethnography; Ethnography; Interpretive ethnography; Sadomasochism; Subjectivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 51149098293     PISSN: 08912416     EISSN: 15525414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891241607310626     Document Type: Article

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