Negotiating Multiple Positionalities in the Interview Setting: Researching Across Gender and Generational Boundaries

Professional Geographer

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 493-500

  Tarrant, Anna ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

age generation; intersectionality; masculinities; positionality; semistructured interviews

Indexed keywords

AGE; GENDER RELATIONS; GENDER ROLE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84902383836     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00330124.2013.805621     Document Type: Article

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