Becoming a "Trusted Outsider": Gender, Ethnicity, and Inequality in Ethnographic Research

Journal of Contemporary Ethnography

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 690-721

  Bucerius, Sandra Meike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

cross ethnicity research; cross gender research; drug dealers; establishing rapport; gaining trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886437478     PISSN: 08912416     EISSN: 15525414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891241613497747     Document Type: Article

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