In Search of Heroines
Some Reflections on Normativity in Feminist Research
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12259776 |
|---|---|
| Authors | K Davis (0000-0002-3107-3566, corresponding author), Ine Gremmen (0000-0001-5518-8117, The Faculty of Social Sciences in the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 133-153 |
| Publication date | 1998-05-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Feminism & Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0959-3535 • E-ISSN: 1461-7161 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/095935359800800202 |
| OpenAlex | W2341551046 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 22 |
Feminist research is explicitly committed to validating (women) informants' experiences, situating them in a context of gender and power relations, and explicating the researcher's own social and cultural position. Such commitments may not be enough, however, when our negative and positive feelings about our informants get in the way of doing our research. In this article, we draw upon our research on women in care professions and our own desire to find feminist heroines within their ranks. After describing our respective experiences of glorifying or dismissing our informants, we explore three strategies for coming to terms with implicit or ‘gut-level’ normativity in feminist research
Context (archaeology · Epistemology · Feeling · Feminism · Feminist philosophy · Feminist theory · Power (physics · Sociology · Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies · Feminist Epistemology and Gender Studies · Gender Studies · Psychology · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics · Social Psychology
Meeting at the Crossroads
The science question in feminism
Third World Women and the Politics of Feminism
Qualitative Sociology
Moral Dilemmas of Feminism
Doing Feminist Research
Theories of Women's Studies
Feminist Epistemologies
What Can She Know
IV. Struggling at the Crossroads
Validating Women's Experience? Dilemmas in Feminist Research
Foremothers Who Cared
III. What's in a Voice? Methods and Metaphors
Have we got a theory for you! Feminist theory, cultural imperialism and the demand for ‘the woman's voice’
Identification and power in feminist therapy
Breaking Out Again
Black Feminist Thought
Simians, Cyborgs, and Women
The process of problem (re)formulation in psychotherapy1
| Citations per year | 0.13 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2002 - 2009 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |