Conducting community-engaged qualitative research in South Africa: memoirs of intersectional identities abroad

Qualitative Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 95-110

  Maxwell, Morgan L ^a   Abrams, Jasmine ^a   Zungu, Thula ^b   Mosavel, Maghboeba ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

insider outsider; intersectionality; positionality; qualitative; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84954484513     PISSN: 14687941     EISSN: 17413109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468794114567495     Document Type: Article

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