Naslov
Getting feminised: Doing fieldwork among rural women in Croatia

Autori
Šikić-Mićanović, Lynette

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Conference programme: 9th EASA Biennial Conference 'Europe and the World' / Jackson, Rohan ; Caine, Megan - Bristol, 2006

Skup
9th EASA Biennial Conference 'Europe and the World'

Mjesto i datum
Bristol, Ujedinjeno Kraljevstvo, 18.09.2006. - 21.09.2006

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
self as ethnographic resource; constructions of femininity

Sažetak
Acknowledging that research is produced by situated and embodied researchers, this paper draws on my personal experiences (and memories) as an anthropologist interested in constructions of femininity among rural women in Slavonia, Croatia. Through a discussion of my own fieldwork, I address how my femininity was critiqued and scrutinised and how in turn I closely monitored my behaviour, appearance/clothing, body's postures, positions and movements to facilitate deeper cultural immersions. I adopt an auto-ethnographical approach to illuminate the culture under study by drawing data from field diaries supplemented with interviews with the intention of "displaying the multiple layers of consciousness, connecting the personal to the cultural" (Ellis and Bochner 2000). In this paper, it is argued that using the self as an ethnographic resource does not distort the authenticity of the work but rather gives it more clarity because it more convincingly illustrates the diverse and contested ways in which femaleness is socially constructed and understood in different contexts.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Sociologija, Etnologija i antropologija

POVEZANOST RADA