Developing a Sociological Model for Researching Women’s Self and Social Identities

Bibliographic Data

ID12527152
AuthorsAnne Byrne (Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway, corresponding author)
Year2003
Volume10
Issue4
Pages443-464
Publication date2003-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEuropean Journal of Women s Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1350-5068 • E-ISSN: 1461-7420
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/13505068030104010
OpenAlexW2029000269
LanguageEN
Citations received24
References cited23

This paper presents an empirical model for researching women’s self and social identities. The model was devised as a theoretical and methodological framework to assist the author to recognize self-identity and social identity in single women’s narratives of their lives. Self-identity is understood as our own sense of ourselves as persons while social identity is categorizations of us by others. For those interested in researching the consequences of strong ideologies (such as familism) on women’s identities, or for recognizing resistance and understanding the development of new conceptions of womanhood, an empirical model which focuses our research attention on the self-identity of individual women is helpful

Aesthetics · Empirical research · Epistemology · Identity (music · Identity formation · Ideology · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Resistance (ecology · Self-concept · Social group · Social identity approach · Social identity theory · Social science · Sociology · Gender Studies · Psychology · Social and Cultural Studies · Social Psychology

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