Commentary
Intimacy through the Ethnographic Lens
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8242007 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Niko Besnier |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Cambridge Journal of Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-7674 • E-ISSN: 2047-7716 |
| Publisher | Berghahn Books (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3167/ca.2015.330209 |
| OpenAlex | W2337683322 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 9 |
The multiplicity of meanings that have been attributed to intimacy are both a weakness and a strength: a weakness because of the indeterminacy with which the category is used; a strength because it allows us to explore the relationship between its various meanings, and through this exploration address theoretically important questions. While it is commonly conflated with sexuality, intimacy concerns a considerably broader range of aspects of human life, which only an ethnographically founded approach can help us understand. Because of its indexical qualities, intimacy cannot be understood devoid of the context that gives it meaning
Aesthetics · Conflation · Context (archaeology · Epistemology · Ethnography · Human sexuality · Indeterminacy (philosophy · Indexicality · Meaning (existential · Sociology · Anthropology · Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Psychology · Sex work and related issues · Gender Studies · History · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,6 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2023 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |