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Flanking Gestures: Gender and Emotion in Fieldwork

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  • Terressa Benz

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Fieldwork is wrought with challenges and emotional obstacles. Techniques of dealing with these logistical challenges are well discussed in the literature; however, rarely are the emotions involved in fieldwork explored, nor are the specific techniques for dealing with this emotional fallout. In this paper, I explore not only the emotions of fieldwork, specifically as a woman in a male dominated research setting, but actual tactics for dealing with these feelings - tactics I call ‘flanking gestures.’ Flanking gestures are techniques that allow the researcher to blur and stretch their gender, which I suggest provides a certain amount of emotional relief in the field.

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  • Terressa Benz, 2014. "Flanking Gestures: Gender and Emotion in Fieldwork," Sociological Research Online, , vol. 19(2), pages 1-8, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:socres:v:19:y:2014:i:2:p:1-8
    DOI: 10.5153/sro.3326
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