Taboo : sex, identity, and erotic subjectivity in anthropological fieldwork / edited by Don Kulick and Margaret Willson. - xvi, 283 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: The sexual life of anthropologists : erotic subjectivity and ethnographic work / Don Kulick -- Lovers in the field : sex, dominance, and the female anthropologist / Jill Dubisch -- Falling in love with an-other lesbian : reflections on identity in fieldwork / Evelyn Blackwood -- The penetrating intellect : on being white, straight, and male in Korea / Andrew P. Killick -- Walking in the fire line : the erotic dimension of the fieldwork experience / Kate Altork -- Tricks, friends, and lovers : erotic encounters in the field / Ralph Bolton -- My 'chastity belt' : avoiding seduction in Tonga / Helen Morton -- Fear and loving in the West Indies : research from the heart (as well as the head)/ Jean Gearing -- Rape in the filed : reflections from a survivor / Eva Moreno -- Afterword : Perspective and difference : sexualization, the field, and the ethnographer / Margaret Willson.

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Ethnology--Fieldwork
Women anthropologists--Sexual behavior
Gay anthropologists--Sexual behavior
Lesbian anthropologists--Sexual behavior
Sex role.
Gender identity.
Sexual ethics
Anthropological ethics

GN346 / .T33 1995

306.7