Researching "race" in lesbian space: a critical reflection

Held, N ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0631-5268 2022, 'Researching "race" in lesbian space: a critical reflection' , in: Queering Methodology: Lessons and Dilemmas from Lesbian Lives , Routledge, Oxon/New York, pp. 88-99.

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Abstract

Feminist researchers have acknowledged that racial differences between researcher and researched impact on the research process; however, there has been little concern with how “race” is actually made in/through the research process. If we think “race” as performative and as always in the process of being made then this theoretical claim has crucial implications for research encounters. In this article the author draws on her own research, which focuses on processes of racialization. This ethnographic study was conducted in two lesbian bars in the North West of England. The article illustrates different ways of how “race,” in particular Whiteness, operated during the research process. The author critically reflects on her role in “race making” during this process and highlights the importance of acknowledging that researchers are also complicit in this making when doing research where “race” is not the central focus.

Item Type:	Book Section
Editors:	Ryan-Flood, R and Rooke, A
Schools:	Schools > School of Health and Society > Centre for Applied Research in Health, Welfare and Policy Schools > School of Health and Society
Publisher:	Routledge
ISBN:	9781032298726
Depositing User:	N Held
Date Deposited:	06 Mar 2023 10:55
Last Modified:	06 Mar 2023 10:55
URI:	https://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/66529

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