ANTHROP 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Culture Shock, Ethnography
6 May 2013
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Review on the fieldwork on prostitution in the era of aids. Sterk took a huge risk when she left her life of simple luxuries to wander the streets of. New york and atlanta for ten years, with the intent to present the [prostitutes"] thoughts, feelings and actions in their own words (sterk, 2000: pg. 35). In order, for her to understand these women that she was going to interview, she needed to perceive how they began to live this type of lifestyle (sterk, 2000: pg. 35). As a result, she needed to become part of the group; in her book, she described her struggle to fit in. Many were suspicious about her intentions, since she stated that she was not an undercover law enforcer, nor was she interested in becoming a prostitute. However, it was not only physical abuse she had to deal with, she also had to emotionally detach herself from the people she finally bonded with.
