Feminist Praxis : Research, Theory and Epistemology in Feminist Sociology

ISBN-13: 9780415635134 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 304 str.

Liz Stanley

Opis

Designed precisely with feminist researchers in mind, 'Feminist Praxis' gives detailed analytic accounts of particular examples of feminist research, showing how feminist epistemology can translate into concrete feminist research practices.

Spis treści

Brief biographies.  Acknowledgements.  Part 1. Feminist Praxis and the Academic Mode  1. Feminist praxis and the academic mode of production: an editorial introduction Liz Stanley  2. Method, methodology and epistemology in feminist research processes Liz Stanley and Sue Wise  Part 2. Feminist Research Processes  3. Introduction  Section A. Beginning and Finishing Research  4. The feminist research process – defining a topic Jane Haggis  5. The history of a ‘failed’ research topic: the case of the childminders Fiona Poland  Section B. Demolishing the ‘Quantitative v. Qualitative’ Divide  6. ‘Seeking Susan’: producing statistical information on young people’s leisure Denise Farran  7. My statistics and feminism – a true story Anne Pugh  8. ‘A referral was made’: behind the scenes during the creation of a Social Services Department ‘elderly’ statistic Liz Stanley  Section C. Recognising the Role of Auto/Biography  9. On the conflicts of doing feminist research into masculinity Jocye Layland  10. From butch god to teddy bear? Some thoughts on my relationship with Elvis Presley Sue Wise  11. The professional and the personal: a study of women quantity surveyors Clara Geed  Section D. Analytically Using Experience  12. Breaking the rules: assessing the assessment of a girls’ project Fiona Poland  13. The mastectomy experience Ann Tait  14. At the Palace: researching gender and ethnicity in a Chinese restaurant Chung Yuen Kay  15. Counter arguments: an ethnographic look at ‘Women and Class’ Sue Webb  16. Using drama to get at gender Vivienne Griffiths  17. Becoming a feminist social worker Sue Wise  Section E. Analysing Written and Visual Texts  18. Reading feminism in fieldnotes Anne Williams  19. Analysing a photograph of Marilyn Monroe Denise Farran.  Name index.  Subject index.

O autorze

Liz Stanley