Out of place fieldwork and positionality in law and society

Out of Place tells a new history of the field of law and society through the experiences and fieldwork of successful writers from populations that academia has historically marginalized. Encouraging collective and transparent self-reflection on positionality, the volume features scholars from around...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Chua, Lynette J. (Editor), Massoud, Mark Fathi (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA Cambridge University Press 2024
Series:Cambridge studies in law and society
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Collection: Cambridge Books Online - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the power of positionality / Mark Fathi Massoud
  • Research as accompaniment : reflections on objectivity, ethics, and emotions / Leisy J. Abrego
  • "Pretty and young" in places where people get killed in broad daylight / Sindiso Mnisi Weeks
  • Out of place studying China's sex industry / Margaret L. Boittin
  • Feeling at home outside : embracing out-of-placeness in the study of law and resistance / Lynette J. Chua
  • Out of place in an Indian Court : notes on researching rape in a district court in Gujarat (1996-1998) / Pratiksha Baxi
  • At odds with everything around me : vulnerability politics and its (out of) place in the socio-legal academy / Swethaa S. Ballakrishnen
  • Trigueño international law : on (most of) the world being (always, somehow) out of place / Luis Eslava
  • Becoming a familiar outsider : multi-sited and multi-temporal research in plural legal contexts / Keebet von Benda-Beckmann