I’m Gonna Speak for Me’ I-Poems and the Situated Knowledges of Sex Workers
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12901821 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Maggie Buckridge (University of Delaware, corresponding author), Jules Lowman, Chrysanthi S Leon (0000-0002-8210-7658, Twitter (United States)) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 214-218 |
| Publication date | 2022-03-13 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethics and Social Welfare (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1749-6535 • E-ISSN: 1749-6543 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17496535.2022.2042039 |
| OpenAlex | W4220666231 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 4 |
In academic and political spaces, as well as in the dominant culture in the United States, sex workers are granted little authority, and their lived experiences are not privileged as a form of valuable knowledge. As feminist scholars, we seek to counter this pattern by highlighting the situated knowledges and agency of sex workers in the United States. To do so, we share the words of sex workers through I-poems. I-poems are a form of poetic inquiry and a method for qualitative research analysis. As a form of found poetry, these poems are constructed using only the words of the participants. Unlike prior scholars, we use focus groups that capture conversation about people involved in street-based sex work rather than individual interviews. By centering the participants’ own words, we hope to moderate our influence as researchers on the presentation of data
Agency (philosophy · Art · Conversation · Literature · Poetry · Political science · Politics · Presentation (obstetrics · Qualitative research · Situated · Social science · Sociology · Communication · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · Law · Medicine · Psychology · Sex work and related issues · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |