These six poems re-present, query, and interpret the research process/method in a narrative study on Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer (LGBTQ) Jewish identity by showing the research story. They demonstrate my research/personal perspective, the integration of the scientist and the poet, and participants’ perspectives before, during, and after the “formal” interview periods. These poems highlight the difficulties of identity in the field, conducting interviews, and being reflexive and conscious as well as the joy and confusion in connecting to those we study.
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Faulkner, S. L., & Hecht, M. L. (2004). Gay and Jewish, Jewish and gay: Anarrative analysis of LGBTQ Jewish American identity. Manuscript submitted for publication.
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