Undressing the researcher: feminism, embodiment and sexuality at a queer bathhouse event |
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| Authors: | Alison L Bain Catherine J Nash |
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| Institution: | Department of Geography, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada K9J 7B8 Email: Department of Geography, Brock University, St Catharines, Ontario, Canada L2S 3A1 |
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| Abstract: | In this paper we examine how the researcher's body can be used as a tool for data collection in the process of ethnographic fieldwork. We focus in particular on the tensions inherent in undertaking embodied ethnographic research in the sexualized setting of a queer women's bathhouse event in Toronto, Canada. Our discussion addresses three moments within the research process: preparing our bodies to attend the bathhouse; positioning our bodies within the spaces of the bathhouse; and interacting with our bodies during the event. Through this discussion we argue that the body of the researcher is a contested site of knowledge production. |
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| Keywords: | Toronto Canada ethnography reflexivity body sexuality |
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