Confronting whiteness? Researching the leisure lives of South Asian mothers

This paper reflects critical engagement with the development of feminist an alyses of leisure and sport and more broadly debates within feminist theory and research epistemology and methodology. It focuses in particular upon t he methodological issues raised in researching the leisure lives of South A sian mothers, examining critically the role of the white researchers involv ed. It argues that an approach based upon reflexivity with responsibility i s a useful starting point from which to confront the dominant positions of white researchers within leisure and sport discourse. Comments from the res earch participants are used to contextualise debates surrounding the shifti ng boundaries of insider-outsider dynamics within the research and an asses sment of how confronting whiteness is possible within the dynamic nature of feminist leisure theory and research.