Jane Ribbens
Biographic Data
| ID | 232386 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jane Ribbens |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jane |
| FAMILY NAME | Ribbens |
| SIGNATURE | RIBBENS J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Oxford Brookes University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 102 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Feminist Dilemmas in Qualitative Research
Who's Fit to be a Parent
Motherhood and Modernity
Introducing qualitative research on women in families and households
Mothers and their children
Isolated Housewives and Complex Maternal Worlds - The Significance of Social Contacts between Women with Young Children in Industrial Societies
This article reconsiders the picture of the mother of young children in industrialised societies as the 'isolated housewife', suggesting this notion is by no means straightforward. We suggest there is considerable evidence for the existence of mothers' social contacts and their significance both as 'work' and 'friendship' in industrial societies. A pre-occupation with the notion of the 'isolation' of 'housewives' has led social researchers to neg…
Facts or Fictions? Aspects of the Use of Autobiographical Writing in Undergraduate Sociology
Sociology undergraduates are generally routinely trained not to use the first person nor to incorporate personal experience in their academic writing. In this article, I question this, arguing instead for the value of autobiographical writing as part of undergraduate sociology, and pointing to some of the sociological traditions that would support such an approach. Drawing on the experience of inviting sociology students to undertake autobiograph…
Meanderings around `Strategy
In response to the recent articles in Sociology on the concept of `strategy', this paper aims to make a contribution to the debate by drawing attention to some of its gendered aspects. We seek to raise some further questions without necessarily providing clear-cut answers. We argue that the concept is rooted within masculine spheres of activity, and yet has been widely applied to women's lives, particularly in considering some of the contextual c…
Interviewing—An “unnatural situation”
Interviewing—An “unnatural situation”
Isolated Housewives and Complex Maternal Worlds - The Significance of Social Contacts between Women with Young Children in Industrial Societies
This article reconsiders the picture of the mother of young children in industrialised societies as the 'isolated housewife', suggesting this notion is by no means straightforward. We suggest there is considerable evidence for the existence of mothers' social contacts and their significance both as 'work' and 'friendship' in industrial societies. A pre-occupation with the notion of the 'isolation' of 'housewives' has led social researchers to neg…
Facts or Fictions? Aspects of the Use of Autobiographical Writing in Undergraduate Sociology
Sociology undergraduates are generally routinely trained not to use the first person nor to incorporate personal experience in their academic writing. In this article, I question this, arguing instead for the value of autobiographical writing as part of undergraduate sociology, and pointing to some of the sociological traditions that would support such an approach. Drawing on the experience of inviting sociology students to undertake autobiograph…
Meanderings around `Strategy
In response to the recent articles in Sociology on the concept of `strategy', this paper aims to make a contribution to the debate by drawing attention to some of its gendered aspects. We seek to raise some further questions without necessarily providing clear-cut answers. We argue that the concept is rooted within masculine spheres of activity, and yet has been widely applied to women's lives, particularly in considering some of the contextual c…
Introducing qualitative research on women in families and households
Interviewing—An “unnatural situation”
Meanderings around `Strategy
In response to the recent articles in Sociology on the concept of `strategy', this paper aims to make a contribution to the debate by drawing attention to some of its gendered aspects. We seek to raise some further questions without necessarily providing clear-cut answers. We argue that the concept is rooted within masculine spheres of activity, and yet has been widely applied to women's lives, particularly in considering some of the contextual c…
Facts or Fictions? Aspects of the Use of Autobiographical Writing in Undergraduate Sociology
Sociology undergraduates are generally routinely trained not to use the first person nor to incorporate personal experience in their academic writing. In this article, I question this, arguing instead for the value of autobiographical writing as part of undergraduate sociology, and pointing to some of the sociological traditions that would support such an approach. Drawing on the experience of inviting sociology students to undertake autobiograph…
Mothers and their children
Isolated Housewives and Complex Maternal Worlds - The Significance of Social Contacts between Women with Young Children in Industrial Societies
This article reconsiders the picture of the mother of young children in industrialised societies as the 'isolated housewife', suggesting this notion is by no means straightforward. We suggest there is considerable evidence for the existence of mothers' social contacts and their significance both as 'work' and 'friendship' in industrial societies. A pre-occupation with the notion of the 'isolation' of 'housewives' has led social researchers to neg…
Introducing qualitative research on women in families and households
Motherhood and Modernity
Who's Fit to be a Parent
Feminist Dilemmas in Qualitative Research
Sociology (7 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Social science (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Qualitative research (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works)