When the hegemony studies the minority - An Israeli Jewish researcher studies Druze women: Transformations of power, alienation, and affinity in the field

Qualitative Inquiry

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 721-739

  Weiner Levy, Naomi ^a  

^a The David Yellin College of Education   (Israel)

Author keywords

Hegemony; Minority; Positionality; Power relations; Researcher interviewer relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 68149168213     PISSN: 10778004     EISSN: 15527565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077800408330343     Document Type: Article

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