Handbook of feminist research : theory and praxis /
Feminist research
editor Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber.
- ix, 758 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Feminist research : exploring the interconnections of epistemology, methodology, and method / Feminist empiricism / Feminist standpoints / Postmodern, poststructural, and critical theories / The politics of border crossings : Black, postcolonial, and transnational feminist perspectives / Feminist interdisciplinary approaches to knowledge building / From theory to method and back again : the synergistic praxis of theory and method / Toward understandings of feminist ethnography / Feminist interviewing : experience, talk, and knowledge / Using survey research as a quantitative method for feminist social change / The link between theory and methods : feminist experimental research / Reading between the lines : feminist content analysis into the second millennium / Feminist evaluation research / Participatory and action research and feminisms : towards transformative praxis / Narratives and numbers : feminist multiple methods research / Feminisms, grounded theory, and situational analysis / Emergent methods in feminist research / Feminist perspectives on social movement research / Institutional ethnography : from a sociology for women to a sociology for people / Core feminist insights and strategies on authority, representations, truths, reflexivity, and ethics across the research process / Authority and representation in feminist research / What's good writing in feminist research? What can feminist researchers learn about good writing? / Reading for another : a method for addressing some feminist research dilemmas / Truth and truths in feminist knowledge production / Holistic reflexivity : the feminist practice of reflexivity -- Feminist research ethics / Dialoguing about future directions in feminist theory, research, and pedagogy / Reason, truth, and experience : tyrannies or liberation? / Critical perspectives on feminist epistemology / The feminism question in science : what does it mean to "do social science as a feminist"? / Standpoint epistemology and beyond / Commentary : using feminist fractured foundationalism in researching children in the concentration camps of the South African War (1899-1902) / Future directions in difference research : recognising and responding to difference / Feminist designs for difference / Decolonizing approaches to feminist research : the case of feminist ethnography / Future directions of feminist research : intersectionality / Interconnections and configurations : toward a global feminist ethnography / Feminizing global research/globalizing feminist research : methods and practice under globalization / A global feminist perspective on research / Future directions of feminist research : new directions in social policy : the case of women's health / From course to discourse : mainstreaming feminist methodology / Feminist pedagogy reconsidered / A passion for knowledge : the teaching of feminist methodology / Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber -- Catherine Hundleby -- Sandra Harding -- Susanne Gannon and Bronwyn Davies -- Hyun Sook Kim -- Sally L. Kitch -- Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber and Deborah Piatelli -- Wanda S. Pillow and Cris Mayo -- Marjorie L. DeVault and Glenda Gross -- Kathi Miner-Rubino, Toby Epstein Jayaratne, and Julie Konik -- Sue V. Rosser -- Shulamit Reinharz and Rachel Kulick -- Sharon Brisolara and Denise Seigart -- M. Brinton Lykes and Erzulie Coquillon -- Abigail J. Stewart and Elizabeth R. Cole -- Adele E. Clarke -- Pamela Moss -- Sarah Maddison -- Dorothy E. Smith -- Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber and Abigail Brooks -- Judith Roof -- Kathy Charmaz -- Laurel Richardson -- Mary Hawkesworth -- Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber and Deborah Piatelli -- Judith Preissle -- Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber -- Helen E. Longino -- Noretta Koertge -- Alison Wylie -- Nancy A. Naples -- Liz Stanley and Sue Wise -- Diane Reay -- Michelle Fine -- Katherine Borland -- Bonnie Thornton Dill, Amy E. McLaughlin, and Angel David Nieves -- Kum-Kum Bhavnani -- Jennifer Bickham Mendez and Diane L. Wolf -- Maria Mies -- Lynn Weber -- Deborah Renee Kaufman -- Daphne Patai -- Judith A. Cook and Mary Margaret Fonow.
The topic of feminist research has too often been neglected in standard research methods books. This text illuminates on-going debates in the field of feminist research as well as the practical applications and issues for those whose research impacts social policy and social change.
1412905451 9781412905459
2006011641
Women--Research--Methodology Women's studies--Methodology Social sciences--Research--Methodology. Feminist theory