Religion through the Looking Glass: Fieldwork, Biography, and Authorship in Southwest China and Beyond

This article is an exploration into how a distinct fascination with the study of religion traverses the biographies of researchers who, through fieldwork, episodically enter into the life-worlds of the peoples they study. In it, I offer up ethnographic and autoethnographic reflections on the experie...

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Main Author: Swancutt, Katherine (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Berghahn [2016]
In: Religion and society
Year: 2016, Volume: 7, Issue: 1, Pages: 51-67
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B China (Südwest) / Field-research / Participative observation / Effect / Scientist / Women scientists / Self / Biography
Further subjects:B fascination
B Fieldwork
B Auto-ethnography
B Ownership
B hyperreflexivity
B Southwest China
B Authorship
B Biography
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