|
Sign In to gain access to subscriptions and/or personal tools.
|
Gender & Society, Vol. 1, No. 2,
172-207 (1987)
DOI: 10.1177/0891243287001002004
© 1987 Sociologists for Women in Society
When Gender is not Enough:
Women Interviewing Women
CATHERINE KOHLER RIESSMAN
Smith College School for Social Work
This article examines two contrasting interviews—with an Anglo and a Puerto Rican woman—and concludes that gender congruence does not help an Anglo interviewer make sense of the working-class, Hispanic woman's account of her marital separation. Both in form and content, her discourse contrasts sharply with an Anglo woman's account. The two women use different narrative genres or forms of telling to communicate their culturally distinctive experiences with marriage. In the case of the Puerto Rican woman, these differences result in major misunderstandings by the interviewer. Applying narrative methods to these interviews shows how closer attention to the voice of the subject can enrich qualitative research.
 CiteULike  Connotea  Del.icio.us  Digg  Reddit  Technorati What's this?
This article has been cited by other articles:
|
|
|
|
 
M. R. Goodman and S. P. Rao
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren in a US-Mexico Border Community
Qual Health Res,
October 1, 2007;
17(8):
1117 - 1136.
[Abstract]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
C. K. Riessman and L. Quinney
Narrative in Social Work: A Critical Review
Qualitative Social Work,
December 1, 2005;
4(4):
391 - 412.
[Abstract]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
S. K. Plach, P. E. Stevens, and S. Keigher
Self-Care of Women Growing Older With HIV and/or AIDS
West J Nurs Res,
August 1, 2005;
27(5):
534 - 553.
[Abstract]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
S. M. Ortiz
The Ethnographic Process of Gender Management: Doing the "Right" Masculinity With Wives of Professional Athletes
Qualitative Inquiry,
April 1, 2005;
11(2):
265 - 290.
[Abstract]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
P. H. Bailey
The Dyspnea-Anxiety-Dyspnea Cycle--COPD Patients' Stories of Breathlessness: "It's Scary /When you Can't Breathe"
Qual Health Res,
July 1, 2004;
14(6):
760 - 778.
[Abstract]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
H. Fraser
Doing Narrative Research: Analysing Personal Stories Line by Line
Qualitative Social Work,
June 1, 2004;
3(2):
179 - 201.
[Abstract]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
N. Tang
Interviewer and Interviewee Relationships Between Women
Sociology,
August 1, 2002;
36(3):
703 - 721.
[Abstract]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
K. L. ANDERSON and D. UMBERSON
GENDERING VIOLENCE: Masculinity and Power in Men's Accounts of Domestic Violence
Gender Society,
June 1, 2001;
15(3):
358 - 380.
[Abstract]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
P. M. Buzzanell
Tensions and Burdens In Employment Interviewing Processes: Perspectives of Non-Dominant Group Applicants
Journal of Business Communication,
April 1, 1999;
36(2):
134 - 162.
[Abstract]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
D. Mulinari and K. Sandell
Exploring the Notion of Experience in Feminist Thought
Acta Sociologica,
January 1, 1999;
42(4):
287 - 297.
[Abstract]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
B. Poland and A. Pederson
Reading Between the Lines: Interpreting Silences in Qualitative Research
Qualitative Inquiry,
June 1, 1998;
4(2):
293 - 312.
[Abstract]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
R. HERTZ
GUARDING AGAINST WOMEN?: Responses of Military Men and Their Wives to Gender Integration
Journal of Contemporary Ethnography,
July 1, 1996;
25(2):
251 - 284.
[Abstract]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
L. M. BLUM and T. DEUSSEN
NEGOTIATING INDEPENDENT MOTHERHOOD: Working-Class African American Women Talk about Marriage and Motherhood
Gender Society,
April 1, 1996;
10(2):
199 - 211.
[Abstract]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
P. E. STEVENS
LESBIANS AND DOCTORS: Experiences of Solidarity and Domination in Health Care Settings
Gender Society,
February 1, 1996;
10(1):
24 - 41.
[Abstract]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
R. Hertz
Separate But Simultaneous Interviewing of Husbands and Wives: Making Sense of Their Stories
Qualitative Inquiry,
December 1, 1995;
1(4):
429 - 451.
[Abstract]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
M. L. DeVAULT
ETHNICITY AND EXPERTISE: Racial-Ethnic Knowledge in Sociological Research
Gender Society,
October 1, 1995;
9(5):
612 - 631.
[Abstract]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
M. Sandelowski
We are the Stories we Tell: Narrative Knowing in Nursing Practice
J Holist Nurs,
March 1, 1994;
12(1):
23 - 33.
[Abstract]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
C. L. WILLIAMS and E. J. HEIKES
THE IMPORTANCE OF RESEARCHER'S GENDER IN THE IN-DEPTH INTERVIEW:: Evidence from Two Case Studies of Male Nurses
Gender Society,
June 1, 1993;
7(2):
280 - 291.
[Abstract]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
S. HARKESS and C. A.B. WARREN
The Social Relations of Intensive Interviewing: Constellations of Strangeness and Science
Sociological Methods Research,
February 1, 1993;
21(3):
317 - 339.
[Abstract]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
S. GORELICK
CONTRADICTIONS OF FEMINIST METHODOLOGY
Gender Society,
December 1, 1991;
5(4):
459 - 477.
[Abstract]
|
|
|
|
