Imagining the OTHER? Ethical challenges of researching and writing women's embodied lives

Feminism and Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 245-266

  Rice, Carla ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body image; Body secrets; Embodied engagement; Interpretation; Interviewing; Physical difference; Researcher reflexivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 65249164448     PISSN: 09593535     EISSN: 14617161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959353509102222     Document Type: Article

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