What discourse analysis reveals about elderly women, sex and the struggle with societal norms

Author: Spreckels, J.

Source: Narrative Inquiry, Volume 12, Number 1, 2002 , pp. 145-153(9)

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company

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Abstract:

In my commentary on Jones's study concerning how older women talk about their sexuality and intimate relationships I will focus on two issues: (1) What the study reveals about the intertwining of personal and cultural meaning and on its contribution to gerontological research. (2) Entering the field of narrative studies from a more sociolinguistic background and working within a more ethnographic orientation to the analysis of talk, I am particularly interested in methodological questions of empirical research. Hence, I will have a closer look at Jones's study with an eye to her methodology, trying to point out some techniques that might be of help for further research on narratives.

Keywords: Gerontology; Dominant Cultural Storylines; Discourse Analysis; Micro-analysis; Emic and Etic Analysis; Contextualization Cues

Document Type: Short communication

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/ni.12.1.20spr

Publication date: 2002-08-01