Queer in the field: On emotions, temporality, and performativity in ethnography

Journal of Lesbian Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 149-160

  Rooke, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bisexual; Ethnography; Everyday; Identity; Lesbian; Queer; Reflexivity; Sexualities; Subjectivity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BISEXUALITY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EMOTION; ETHICS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; LESBIAN; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BISEXUALITY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RESEARCH DESIGN; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 70450184404     PISSN: 10894160     EISSN: 15403548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10894160802695338     Document Type: Article

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