Getting in: Playing back the tape: early days in the field -- Sponsors, gatekeepers, members, and friends: access in educational settings -- Female researchers in male-dominated settings: implications for short-term versus long-term research -- Experiencing research on new religions and cults: practical and ethical considerations -- Managing a convincing self-presentation: some personal reflections on entering the field -- Learning the ropes: A walk through the wilderness -- Secrecy and disclosure in fieldwork -- The researcher talks back -- Encountering the marketplace -- Recognizing and analyzing local cultures -- Maintaining relations: Field relations and the discourse of the other -- Maintaing relationships in a school for the deaf -- Stability and flexibility -- Field-workers' feelings -- Fragile ties: shaping research relationships with women married to alcoholics -- Leaving and keeping in touch: High-risk methodology -- Leaving, revisiting, and staying in touch: neglected issues in field research -- Gone fishing, be back later: ending and resuming research among fisherman -- Leaing the field: research, relationships, and responsibilities -- Do we ever leave the field

1. Social sciences -- Research
2. Social sciences -- Field work