Sarah Riley is a Senior Lecturer in the Psychology Department at University College Wales, Aberystwyth, who uses and teaches a range of qualitative methods. Recent projects include looking at clubbing and dance cultures as forms of social and political participation (Economic and Social Research Council) and using cooperative inquiry to explore 'dilemmas of femininity' (British Academy). Her books include "Critical Bodies: Representations, Identities and Practices of Weight and Body Management" (PalgraveMacMillan, 2008) and "Sex, Identity and Consumer Culture" (Open University Press, forthcomi...