What can conversation analysis contribute to feminist methodology? Putting reflexivity into practice

Discourse and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 783-803

  Speer, Susan A ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conversation analysis; Feminist research; Gender; Methodology; Reflexivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036403295     PISSN: 09579265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0957926502013006757     Document Type: Review

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