Handbook of feminist research : theory and praxis

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Davis Library (6th floor)

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HQ1180 .H35 2007
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Available

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Summary

"Let me begin by recommending this book to anyone engaged in feminist research, as a contributor or a student of the field. It is superbly written, organized with amazing grace, highly inclusive of diverse research activities, and includes of some of the most well-known feminist scholars in a range of academic disciplines. This is a truly amazing handbook a huge enterprise, elegantly crafted by editor-author, Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber and completed by 52 other authors. The handbook is an outstanding contribution to feminist research, but beyond that, an excellent resource for students at all levels of inquiry and professional identification. There is nothing else to compete with its inclusiveness and intellectual prowess." --JOURNAL OF PHENOMENOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY

The topic of feminist research has too often been neglected in standard research methods books--The Handbook of Feminist Research breaks that tradition! This unique volume 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. Edited by Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber, this Handbookreflects the most current thinking about feminist research emerging within and across the disciplines.

Contents

  • Acknowledgments
  • 1 Feminist Research: Exploring the Interconnections of Epistemology, Methodology, and Method Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber
  • Part I Feminist Perspectives on Knowledge Building
  • 2 Feminist Empiricism Catherine Hundleby
  • 3 Feminist Standpoints Sandra Harding
  • 4 Postmodern, Poststructural, and Critical Theories Susanne Gannon and Bronwyn Davies
  • 5 The Politics of Border Crossings: Black, Postcolonial, and Transnational Feminist Perspectives Hyun Sook Kim
  • 6 Feminist Interdisciplinary Approaches to Knowledge Building Sally L. Kitch
  • Part II Feminist Research Praxis
  • 7 From Theory to Method and Back Again: The Synergistic Praxis of Theory and Method Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber and Deborah Piatelli
  • 8 Toward Understandings of Feminist Ethnography Wanda S. Pillow and Cris Mayo
  • 9 Feminist Interviewing: Experience, Talk, and Knowledge Marjorie L. DeVault and Glenda Gross
  • 10 Using Survey Research as a Quantitative Method for Feminist Social Change Kathi Miner-Rubino and Toby Epstein Jayaratne and Julie Konik
  • 11 The Link Between Theory and Methods: Feminist Experimental Research Sue V. Rosser
  • 12 Reading Between the Lines: Feminist Content Analysis Into the Second Millennium Shulamit Reinharz and Rachel Kulick
  • 13 Feminist Evaluation Research Sharon Brisolara and Denise Seigart
  • 14 Participatory and Action Research and Feminisms: Toward Transformative Praxis M. Brinton Lykes and Erzulie Coquillon
  • 15 Narratives and Numbers: Feminist Multiple Methods Research Abigail J. Stewart and Elizabeth R. Cole
  • 16 Feminisms, Grounded Theory, and Situational Analysis Adele E. Clarke
  • 17 Emergent Methods in Feminist Research Pamela Moss
  • 18 Feminist Perspectives on Social Movement Research Sarah Maddison
  • 19 Institutional Ethnography: From a Sociology for Women to a Sociology for People Dorothy E. Smith
  • Part III Feminist Perspectives on the Research Process: Issues and Insights
  • 20 Core Feminist Insights and Strategies on Authority, Representations, Truths, Reflexivity, and Ethics Across the Research Process Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber and Abigail Brooks
  • 21 Authority and Representation in Feminist Research Judith Roof
  • 22 What?s Good Writing in Feminist Research? What Can Feminist Researchers Learn About Good Writing? Kathy Charmaz
  • 23 Reading for Another: A Method for Addressing Some Feminist Research Dilemmas Laurel Richardson
  • 24 Truth and Truths in Feminist Knowledge Production Mary Hawkesworth
  • 25 Holistic Reflexivity: The Feminist Practice of Reflexivity Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber and Deborah Piatelli
  • 26 Feminist Research Ethics Judith Preissle
  • Part IV Commentaries on Future Directions in Feminist Theory, Research, and Pedagogy
  • 27 Dialoguing About Future Directions in Feminist Theory, Research, and Pedagogy Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber
  • 28 Reason, Truth, and Experience: Tyrannies or Liberation? Helen E. Longino
  • 29 Critical Perspectives on Feminist Epistemology Noretta Koertge
  • 30 The Feminism Question in Science: What Does It Mean to ?Do Social Science as a Feminist?? Alison Wylie
  • 31 Standpoint Epistemology and Beyond Nancy A. Naples
  • 32 Commentary: Using Feminist Fractured Foundationalism in Researching Children in the Concentration Camps of the South African War (1899?1902) Liz Stanley and Sue Wise
  • 33 Future Directions in Difference Research: Recognising and Responding to Difference Diane Reay
  • 34 Feminist Designs for Difference Michelle Fine
  • 35 Decolonizing Approaches to Feminist Research: The Case of Feminist Ethnography Katherine Borland
  • 36 Future Directions of Feminist Research: Intersectionality Bonnie Thornton Dill and Amy E. McLaughlin and Angel David Nieves
  • 37 Interconnections and Configurations: Toward a Global Feminist Ethnography Kum-Kum Bhavnani
  • 38 Feminizing Global Research/Globalizing Feminist Research: Methods and Practice Under Globalization Jennifer Bickham Mendez and Diane L. Wolf
  • 39 A Global Feminist Perspective on Research Maria Mies
  • 40 Future Directions of Feminist Research: New Directions in Social Policy?The Case of Women?s Health Lynn Weber
  • 41 From Course to Discourse: Mainstreaming Feminist Methodology Debra Renee Kaufman
  • 42 Feminist Pedagogy Reconsidered Daphne Patai
  • 43 A Passion for Knowledge: The Teaching of Feminist Methodology Judith A. Cook and Mary Margaret Fonow
  • Author Index
  • Subject Index
  • About the Editor
  • About the Contributors

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