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

    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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