Title

Attraction in the Field: What We Need to Acknowledge and Implications for Research and Teaching

Authors

Authors

L. Grauerholz; M. Barringer; T. Colyer; N. Guittar; J. Hecht; R. L. Rayburn;E. Swart

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Qual. Inq.

Keywords

ethnography; attraction; reflexivity; fieldwork; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS; SEXUAL-HARASSMENT; PSYCHOLOGISTS; THERAPIST; BEHAVIOR; IMPACT; POWER; Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary

Abstract

Physical or sexual attraction plays an important role in shaping a wide range of relationships and in myriad ways. Our primary interest here is in how attraction shapes the qualitative research experience. Close examination of popular sociological ethnographies found that attractiveness is used as a descriptor, and almost always in a distancing fashion, but never considered in a reflexive manner. We explore implications of this silence surrounding attraction and urge greater candidness among sociologists conducting field research and teachers of qualitative methods.

Journal Title

Qualitative Inquiry

Volume

19

Issue/Number

3

Publication Date

1-1-2013

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

167

Last Page

178

WOS Identifier

WOS:000315486700003

ISSN

1077-8004

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