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Highlights
- This groundbreaking collection explores the complexities of researching the lives of lesbian and queer women.
- About the Author: Róisín Ryan-Flood is Professor of Sociology and the Director of the Centre for Intimate and Sexual Citizenship at the University of Essex, UK.
- 114 Pages
- Social Science, LGBT Studies
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About the Book
This groundbreaking collection explores the complexities of researching the lives of lesbian and queer women. It critically interrogates the concept of 'lesbian', especially as applied to research praxis.
Book Synopsis
This groundbreaking collection explores the complexities of researching the lives of lesbian and queer women. It critically interrogates the concept of 'lesbian', especially as applied to research praxis.
About the Author
Róisín Ryan-Flood is Professor of Sociology and the Director of the Centre for Intimate and Sexual Citizenship at the University of Essex, UK. Her books include Lesbian Motherhood: Gender, Families and Sexual Citizenship (2009) and Transnationalising Reproduction: Third Party Conception in a Globalised World (Routledge, 2018). She is co-editor of the journal Sexualities.
Alison Rooke is a writer and researcher. After a long association with Goldsmiths, University of London, UK, where she was Senior Lecturer, she became the Director of the social research company Art of Regeneration.