Researching Sex and Sexualities

Andrea Cornwall is a professor of anthropology and international development at the University of Sussex. Her previous books include the edited collections Masculinities under Neoliberalism (Zed 2016) and Feminisms, Empowerment and Development (Zed 2014).Paul Boyce is a senior lecturer in anthropology and international development at the University of Sussex. His previous books include the edited collection Understanding Global Sexualities: New Frontiers (2012).Hannah Frith is a lecturer applied social science at the University of Brighton. Her previous books include Orgasmic Bodies: The Orgasm in Contemporary Western Culture (2015).Laura Harvey is a lecturer in sociology at the University of Brighton.Charlotte Morris lectures in sociology and gender at the University of Sussex.Huang Yingying is an associate professor of sociology at Renmin University in China.

A very welcome addition to the field. It will be enormously useful for developing reflective research across a range of disciplines.

• Editorial Introduction - Paul Boyce, Charlotte Morris and Andrea CornwallPart One: KnowabilityIntroduction - Paul Boyce1. The Insinuating Body - Cara Judea Alhadeff2. Making Sense of Ambiguity: Theory and Method - Eva Cheuk-Yin Li3. Can Quantitative Applied Sexual Health Research Be Critical and Feminist? Towards a Critical Social Epidemiology to Support Targeted STI Testing and Contraception in Primary Care - Natalie Edelman4. Sex Shop Stories: Shifting Disciplines in Design Research - Fran CarterPart Two: Creative MethodologiesIntroduction - Laura Harvey5. Body Mapping, Stories and the Sexual Rights of Older People - Catherine Barrett6. Patchworking: Using Creative Methodologies in Sex and Sexualities Research - Catherine Vulliamy7. Dirty Talk: On Using Poetry in Pornography Research - P.J. Macleod8. The Cover Version: Researching Sexuality through Ventriloquism - E. McGeeney, L. Robinson, R. Thomson and P. ThurschwellPart Three: Negotiating Research ContextsIntroduction - Yingying Huang9. Hesitating at the Door: Youth-led Research on Realising Sexual Rights Informing Organisational Approaches - Vicky Johnson10. Sexuality Research ‘In Translation’: First-time Fieldwork in Brazil - Natalie Day11. The Contingency of the Contact: An Interpretive Re-positioning through the Erotic Dynamics in the Field - Alba Barbé i Serra12. Sangli Stories: Researching Indian Sex Workers’ Intimate Lives - Andrea CornwallPart Four: Researcher Bodies, Identities, ExperiencesIntroduction - Hannah Frith13. Rotten Girl on Rotten Girl: Boys’ Love ‘Research’ - Anna Madill14. Diary of a Sex Researcher: A Reflexive Look at Conducting Sexuality Research in Residential Aged Care - Katherine Radoslovich15. Mum’s the Word: Heterosexual Single Mothers Talking (Or Not) About Sex - Charlotte Morris16. Sex and the Anthropologist: From BDSM to Sex Education, An Embodied Experience - Nicoletta LandiAppendix: An Interview with Ken Plummer - Charlotte Morris