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Neither friends nor foes: Thoughts on ethnographic distance

Abstract

As a critical ethnographer of proselytizing missions led by conservative Korean/American evangelicals, I discuss the difficulties arising from conducting research in a hostile group setting, negotiating the dynamics of empathetic proximity and critical distance. © 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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