Kitchen table reflexivity: negotiating positionality through everyday talk

Gender, Place and Culture

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 747-763

  Kohl, Ellen ^a   McCutcheon, Priscilla ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

critical race theory; everyday talk; feminist scholarship; positionality; qualitative methods; self reflexivity

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; COMMUNICATION; FEMINISM; HUMAN GEOGRAPHY; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; RACE; SOCIAL THEORY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84930570407     PISSN: 0966369X     EISSN: 13600524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0966369X.2014.958063     Document Type: Article

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