Researching Sex and Sexualities: Reflections On Methodologies

Synopsis

Sexuality is a complex and multifaceted domain – encompassing bodily, contextual and subjective experiences that resist ready categorisation. To claim the sexual as a viable research object therefore raises a number of important methodological questions: what is it possible to know about experiences, practices and perceptions of sex and sexualities? What approaches might help or hinder our efforts to probe such experiences?This collection explores the creative, personal and contextual parameters involved in researching sexuality, cutting across disciplinary boundaries and drawing on case studies from a variety of countries and contexts. Combining a wide range of expertise, its contributors address such key areas as pornography, sex work, intersectionality and LGBT perspectives. The contributors also share their own experiences of researching sexuality within contrasting disciplines, as well as interrogating how the sexual identities of researchers themselves can relate to, and inform, their work. The result is a unique and diverse collection that combines practical insights on field work with novel theoretical reflections.

Copyright:

2018

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

256 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781786993229

Related ISBNs:

9781786993199

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Publishing

Date of Addition:

11/12/21

Copyrighted By:

Charlotte Morris, Paul Boyce, Andrea Cornwall, Hannah Frith, Laura Harvey, and Yingying Huang

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender, Psychology, Education, Social Studies, Sociology

Submitted By:

Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Charlotte Morris

Edited by:

Paul Boyce

Edited by:

Andrea Cornwall

Edited by:

Hannah Frith

Edited by:

Laura Harvey

Edited by:

Yingying Huang

Foreword by:

Meg-John Barker