Meanderings around `Strategy
A Research Note on Strategic Discourse in the Lives of Women
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10757489 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rosalind Edwards (0000-0002-3512-9029, corresponding author), Jane Ribbens |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 477-489 |
| Publication date | 1991-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0385 • E-ISSN: 1469-8684 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0038038591025003009 |
| OpenAlex | W2010970555 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 23 |
| References cited | 10 |
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 constraints of domestic activities. We consider the reasons for the attractiveness of the concept, as well as the dangers in applying it to women's domestic lives, using illustrations from our own empirical work. While we have found an alternative language difficult to find, we are concerned that the sociological conceptualisation of women's lives in the private sphere needs to work outward from the domestic rather than inward from the public. Furthermore, such conceptual reconsideration may also assist our understandings of female and male lives in public settings
Aesthetics · Attractiveness · Economics · Empirical research · Epistemology · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Private sphere · Public sphere · Separate spheres · Sociology · Work (physics · Foucault, Power, and Ethics · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Law
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| Unique citing works | 23 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.68 |
| Citation span | 1992 - 2025 (34) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 23 |