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Scene Thinking

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This chapter introduces the conceptual and methodological framework through which to explore the tightly condensed world of lesbian social life. Advancing a position called Scene Thinking, this chapter reworks the concept of scene so it can be applied to describe the process by which the participatory nature of any cultural activity takes on social form. Yet, the dual dimensions of scenes—their double-faced orientation to intensified experience amid the mundane; their simultaneously local and global nature—present challenges for cultural analysis, especially given the ephemerality of certain modes of social experience that are so often rendered invisible. This chapter offers methodological guidance by way of promoting a localised affective relation to scenes and sets out the ethnographic techniques used to elucidate their social meanings.

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Drysdale, K. (2019). Scene Thinking. In: Intimate Investments in Drag King Cultures. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15777-7_1

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