"Being" Native versus "Going Native": Conducting Social Work Research as an Insider

Social Work

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 439-447

  Kanuha, Valli Kalei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Gay men and lesbians; Multicultural perspectives; People of color; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL WORK;

CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; PREJUDICE; RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 0034294832     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/45.5.439     Document Type: Article

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