Dressing the Part: Ethics of Insider/Outsider Attire for the Ethnography of American-Jewish <i>Niddah</i>

A researcher with conservative clothing style could potentially confuse the women with whom she conducts research on contemporary Niddah practices, inviting accusations of unethically misrepresenting oneself to both the liberal and Orthodox communities in the Greater Phoenix Valley of Arizona, USA w...

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Main Author: Johnston, Isobel-Marie (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Equinox [2018]
In: Fieldwork in religion
Year: 2017, Volume: 12, Issue: 2, Pages: 179-203
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Phoenix, Ariz. / Jewish community / Field-research / Women ethnologists / Clothing
RelBib Classification:AA Study of religion
AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
NCJ Ethics of science
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