`That's Like my Life': Researching Stories of Non-heterosexual Relationships
`That's Like my Life': Researching Stories of Non-heterosexual Relationships
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“这就像我的生活”：研究非异性恋关系的故事
DOI：
10.1177/136346098001004004
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发表时间：
1998
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影响因子：
1.5
通讯作者：
C. Donovan
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文献类型：
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作者：
B. Heaphy;J. Weeks;C. Donovan
本文认为，在非异性恋（女同性恋，男同性恋，双性恋或“酷儿”）关系的结构和意义的研究中出现了关键的方法论问题。尽管“选择的家庭”的公众形象日益提高，但其发展模式仍然没有得到充分研究，并引起了关于身份、亲密关系和性行为的重要理论问题。作者讨论了访问一个“隐藏”的人口，非异性恋者的动机被研究，以及定义性身份的困难的问题。对访谈的关注突出了我们用来理解关系的概念和词汇的复杂性，在形成亲密生活访谈记录中起作用的因素，以及亲密关系研究中的边界问题。文章最后考虑受访者对他们生活的描述的有效性，以及由此产生的研究叙述。
The article considers key methodological issues that have emerged in a study of the structure and meaning of non-heterosexual (lesbian, gay, bisexual or `queer') relationships. Despite an increasing public profile, the developing patterns of `families of choice' remain under-researched, and give rise to important theoretical questions about identity, intimacy and sexuality. The authors discuss the problems of accessing a `hidden' population, non-heterosexuals' motivation for being researched, and the difficulties of defining sexual identities. A focus on interviewing highlights the complex nature of the concepts and vocabularies that we employ to make sense of relationships, the elements at play in the formation of interview accounts of intimate life, and the issue of boundaries in research on the intimate. The article concludes by considering the validity of respondents' accounts of their lives, and the research narratives that result.