Researching Sex and Sexualities
Published on 15. February 2018
Book
Hardback
392 pages
978-1-78699-320-5 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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.
Reviews / Votes
A very welcome addition to the field. It will be enormously useful for developing reflective research across a range of disciplines. * Feona Attwood, Middlesex University * A rich and engaging exploration of the ways in which multifaceted sexual subjects and diverse sexual practices are situated, embodied and experienced in different contexts. It raises important questions about how we come to know and research contemporary sexual life worlds. * Jacqui Gabb, The Open University * Revisits the perennial question of why and how to produce knowledge on sexuality. Its merit is to use epistemologically diverse points of entry to weave connections across generations of researchers. * Sonia Correa, co-editor of Development with a Body * A profoundly honest and rigorous collection, full of insights into the unpredictable challenges and also the reverie of research on sex and sexualities. It combines theory, methods, ethics and stories - everything the researcher needs. * Yasmin Gunaratnam, Goldsmiths, University of London *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paper over boards
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
827 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78699-320-5 (9781786993205)
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Charlotte Morris | Paul Boyce | Andrea Cornwall
Researching Sex and Sexualities
E-Book
02/2018
1st Edition
Zed Books Ltd
€26.49
Available for download
Charlotte Morris | Paul Boyce | Andrea Cornwall
Researching Sex and Sexualities
E-Book
02/2018
1st Edition
Zed Books Ltd
€26.49
Available for download
Persons
Andrea Cornwall is a professor of anthropology and international development at the University of Sussex. Her previous books include the edited collections Masculinities under Neoliberalism (Zed 2016) and Feminisms, Empowerment and Development (Zed 2014).
Paul Boyce is a senior lecturer in anthropology and international development at the University of Sussex. His previous books include the edited collection Understanding Global Sexualities: New Frontiers (2012).
Hannah Frith is a lecturer applied social science at the University of Brighton. Her previous books include Orgasmic Bodies: The Orgasm in Contemporary Western Culture (2015).
Laura Harvey is a lecturer in sociology at the University of Brighton.
Charlotte Morris lectures in sociology and gender at the University of Sussex.
Huang Yingying is an associate professor of sociology at Renmin University in China.
Paul Boyce is a senior lecturer in anthropology and international development at the University of Sussex. His previous books include the edited collection Understanding Global Sexualities: New Frontiers (2012).
Hannah Frith is a lecturer applied social science at the University of Brighton. Her previous books include Orgasmic Bodies: The Orgasm in Contemporary Western Culture (2015).
Laura Harvey is a lecturer in sociology at the University of Brighton.
Charlotte Morris lectures in sociology and gender at the University of Sussex.
Huang Yingying is an associate professor of sociology at Renmin University in China.
Content
Editorial Introduction - Paul Boyce, Charlotte Morris and Andrea Cornwall
Part One: Knowability
Introduction - Paul Boyce
1. The Insinuating Body - Cara Judea Alhadeff
2. Making Sense of Ambiguity: Theory and Method - Eva Cheuk-Yin Li
3. Can Quantitative Applied Sexual Health Research Be Critical and Feminist? Towards a Critical Social Epidemiology to Support Targeted STI Testing and Contraception in Primary Care - Natalie Edelman
4. Sex Shop Stories: Shifting Disciplines in Design Research - Fran Carter
Part Two: Creative Methodologies
Introduction - Laura Harvey
5. Body Mapping, Stories and the Sexual Rights of Older People - Catherine Barrett
6. Patchworking: Using Creative Methodologies in Sex and Sexualities Research - Catherine Vulliamy
7. Dirty Talk: On Using Poetry in Pornography Research - P.J. Macleod
8. The Cover Version: Researching Sexuality through Ventriloquism - E. McGeeney, L. Robinson, R. Thomson and P. Thurschwell
Part Three: Negotiating Research Contexts
Introduction - Yingying Huang
9. Hesitating at the Door: Youth-led Research on Realising Sexual Rights Informing Organisational Approaches - Vicky Johnson
10. Sexuality Research 'In Translation': First-time Fieldwork in Brazil - Natalie Day
11. The Contingency of the Contact: An Interpretive Re-positioning through the Erotic Dynamics in the Field - Alba Barbe i Serra
12. Sangli Stories: Researching Indian Sex Workers' Intimate Lives - Andrea Cornwall
Part Four: Researcher Bodies, Identities, Experiences
Introduction - Hannah Frith
13. Rotten Girl on Rotten Girl: Boys' Love 'Research' - Anna Madill
14. Diary of a Sex Researcher: A Reflexive Look at Conducting Sexuality Research in Residential Aged Care - Katherine Radoslovich
15. Mum's the Word: Heterosexual Single Mothers Talking (Or Not) About Sex - Charlotte Morris
16. Sex and the Anthropologist: From BDSM to Sex Education, An Embodied Experience - Nicoletta Landi
Appendix: An Interview with Ken Plummer - Charlotte Morris
Part One: Knowability
Introduction - Paul Boyce
1. The Insinuating Body - Cara Judea Alhadeff
2. Making Sense of Ambiguity: Theory and Method - Eva Cheuk-Yin Li
3. Can Quantitative Applied Sexual Health Research Be Critical and Feminist? Towards a Critical Social Epidemiology to Support Targeted STI Testing and Contraception in Primary Care - Natalie Edelman
4. Sex Shop Stories: Shifting Disciplines in Design Research - Fran Carter
Part Two: Creative Methodologies
Introduction - Laura Harvey
5. Body Mapping, Stories and the Sexual Rights of Older People - Catherine Barrett
6. Patchworking: Using Creative Methodologies in Sex and Sexualities Research - Catherine Vulliamy
7. Dirty Talk: On Using Poetry in Pornography Research - P.J. Macleod
8. The Cover Version: Researching Sexuality through Ventriloquism - E. McGeeney, L. Robinson, R. Thomson and P. Thurschwell
Part Three: Negotiating Research Contexts
Introduction - Yingying Huang
9. Hesitating at the Door: Youth-led Research on Realising Sexual Rights Informing Organisational Approaches - Vicky Johnson
10. Sexuality Research 'In Translation': First-time Fieldwork in Brazil - Natalie Day
11. The Contingency of the Contact: An Interpretive Re-positioning through the Erotic Dynamics in the Field - Alba Barbe i Serra
12. Sangli Stories: Researching Indian Sex Workers' Intimate Lives - Andrea Cornwall
Part Four: Researcher Bodies, Identities, Experiences
Introduction - Hannah Frith
13. Rotten Girl on Rotten Girl: Boys' Love 'Research' - Anna Madill
14. Diary of a Sex Researcher: A Reflexive Look at Conducting Sexuality Research in Residential Aged Care - Katherine Radoslovich
15. Mum's the Word: Heterosexual Single Mothers Talking (Or Not) About Sex - Charlotte Morris
16. Sex and the Anthropologist: From BDSM to Sex Education, An Embodied Experience - Nicoletta Landi
Appendix: An Interview with Ken Plummer - Charlotte Morris