Exploring the "Irrational" Narrative in Women’s Life Histories

Exploring the "Irrational" Narrative in Women’s Life Histories

Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/34040

Issue Date: 1999-11-05

Reference: Hui Raranga Wahine: Conference of the Women’s Studies Association,, Victoria University, Wellington, 05 Nov 1999 - 07 Nov 1999. Editors: Margolis H, Else A. Hui Raranga Wahine: Women’s Studies Association (NZ) Conference Papers. 97-101. 05 Nov 1999

Rights (URI): https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htm

Abstract:

This paper explores the ways in which narratives give meanings to our lives. If these narratives are constructed around the spiritual or invisible world they are frequently constructed as “irrational” narratives. Feminist scholarship, particularly within the area of women’s biography and life histories has acknowledged the so-called “irrational” narrative and has challenged traditional preoccupations with concrete realities.

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