Poststructuralist Metaphor Analysis Through the "Gender" Lens

Challenges and Conceptualizations

Bibliographic Data

ID2385758
AuthorsE Henderson (0000-0002-5723-9560, University of London, corresponding author), Emily F Henderson
Year2014
Volume20
Issue3
Pages332-340
Publication date2014-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueQualitative Inquiry (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1077-8004 • E-ISSN: 1552-7565
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1077800413489270
OpenAlexW1965407492
LanguageEN
References cited17

This is the account of an attempt to conceptualize a poststructuralist metaphor analysis of the use of the term gender as designating a domain of research and study. In the first section of the article, I explain the choice of empirical materials, which is taken from the discussion section of a seminar on Gender and International Development, given by Professors Naila Kabeer (School of Oriental and African Studies [SOAS]) and Elaine Unterhalter (Institute of Education [IOE]), at the London International Development Centre. I then delve into the contradictions of poststructuralist metaphor analysis, while trying to construct the foundations of an analytical method from the tatters of my original understanding of a linguistic metaphor analysis. In the second section, I offer a sample analysis of the seminar discussion text. I finally return to the two questions posed in tandem by this piece: How does "gender" operate as a designation of a domain of research and study? Is poststructuralist metaphor analysis epistemologically possible

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