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- Title
Going Back and Giving Back: The Ethics of Staying in the Field.
- Authors
Rupp, Leila; Taylor, Verta
- Abstract
This article analyzes the benefits and ethical dilemmas of going back and continuing to write about the troupe of drag queens featured in our book, Drag Queens at the 801 Cabaret. The benefits include providing the drag queens the opportunity to revise and add to the stories we told about them and, through deepening friendships, changing the balance of power among us. Challenges include dealing with responses to the book, including those of family members, and conflicts over the royalties we shared with the troupe. Despite the pitfalls, going back contributes to public sociology by continuing conversations about research findings.
- Subjects
SOCIAL sciences fieldwork; PARTICIPANT observation; SOCIOLOGY methodology; SOCIOLOGICAL research; RESEARCH ethics; DRAG queens; DRAG Queens at the 801 Cabaret (Book)
- Publication
Qualitative Sociology, 2011, Vol 34, Issue 3, p483
- ISSN
0162-0436
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11133-011-9200-6