Sex on the job

What happens when an otherwise objective ethnographer gets too close to his
or her work? It’s always been an unwritten rule that sexual relationships in
the field are taboo. Taboo: Sex, Identity and Erotic Subjectivity in
Anthropological Fieldwork by Don Kullick & Margaret Willson (Routledge,
£13.99, ISBN 0 415 08819 4) is no kiss-and-tell bonkbuster, but a
fascinating collection of essays from right across the sexual spectrum which
breaks the silence on “forbidden” friendships in a variety of study
environments.