Behind the chair: "doing hair" and "flipping the script" in interviews on the sensitive topics of religion and sexual experiences.

Autor/in	Flanagan, Ruth
Titel	Behind the chair: "doing hair" and "flipping the script" in interviews on the sensitive topics of religion and sexual experiences. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Hinter dem Stuhl:"Haare machen" und "flipping the script" in Interviews zu den sensiblen Themen Religion und sexuelle Erfahrungen.
Quelle	In: Forum qualitative Sozialforschung, 24 (2023) 1, 24 S.Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Literaturangaben
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1438-5627
DOI	10.17169/fqs-24.1.3905
Schlagwörter	Erfahrung; Interview; Methode; Qualitative Forschung; Emotion; Religion; Sexualität; Friseur; Handwerk; Nordirland
Abstract	Religion and sexual experience are deemed sensitive topics to research. I aim to elucidate how I used hairdressing as an activity during qualitative interviews to aid in researching the relationship between religious-cultural upbringing and women's sexual experiences in Northern Ireland. There has been little recognition of the subjective sexual experiences of adult women in Northern Ireland; this is partly due to the dominance of Roman Catholicism and Evangelical Fundamentalism's religious practices in the country and their promotion of morally conservative ideas around women's bodies and sexual activity. This, in turn, has allowed a moral, religious perspective on sexual activity to have a high level of significance for the individual in Northern Ireland and society, making it challenging to research. I will explore how " doing hair" during qualitative interviews can help to combat issues associated with researching sensitive topics using GOFFMAN's (1956) dramaturgical analysis and HOCHSCHILD's (1983) emotional labor concept. I argue that utilizing the routine performances between the hairdresser and client and " flipping the script" on the researcher/participant vs. hairdresser/client power relations can aid in the disclosure of the socially and culturally sensitive topics of religion and sexual experiences.
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main (extern)
Update	2024/1