Out in the Field

"Definitive and well-rounded. . . . Explores how anthropologistsmanage issues of identity and sexuality in field research and professionallife. In an era when the field worker's positionality is critical to researchand ethnographic writing, this insightful book has much to say to gayand straight researchers alike." -- Louise Lamphere, University ofNew Mexico"Addresses sensitive, controversial, and tabooed subjects. . . .Out in the Field will be read by a variety of audiences, withinand outside of anthropology." -- Jean Jackson, Massachusetts Instituteof TechnologyLesbian and gay anthropologists write candidly in Out in the Fieldabout their research and personal experiences in conducting fieldwork,about the ethical and intellectual dilemmas they face in writing aboutlesbian or gay populations, and about the impact on their careers of doinglesbian/gay research.The first volume in which lesbian and gay anthropologists discuss personalexperiences, Out in the Field offers compelling illustrations ofprofessional lives both closeted and out to colleagues and fieldwork informants.It also concerns aligning career goals with personal sexual preferencesand speaks directly to issues of representation and authority currentlybeing explored throughout the social sciences.CONTRIBUTORS: Geoffrey Burkhart, Liz Goodman, Delores M. Walters, WalterL. Williams, Sabine Lang, Ellen Lewin, William L. Leap, Ralph Bolton,Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy, Madeline Davis, Will Roscoe, Esther Newton,Stephen O. Murray, James Wafer, Kath Weston, Sue-Ellen Jacobs