ISBN:
9780415635134
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
Online-Ressource (305 p)
Serie:
Routledge Library Editions: Feminist Theory
Serie:
Routledge Library Editions: Feminist Theory Ser.
Paralleltitel:
Print version Feminist Praxis (RLE Feminist Theory) : Research, Theory and Epistemology in Feminist Sociology
DDC:
305.42/072
Schlagwort(e):
Feminism
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Kurzfassung:
Feminist social scientists often find that carrying feminism into practice in their research is neither easy nor straightforward. 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.The contributors, all experts in their field, give practical examples of feminist research practices, covering colonialism, child-minding, gay men, feminist social work, cancer, working with young girls using drama, Marilyn Monroe
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
FEMINIST PRAXIS Research, Theory and Epistemology in Feminist Sociology; Copyright; Feminist Praxis Research, Theory and Epistemologyin Feminist Sociology; Copyright; Contents; Brief biographies; Acknowledgements; Part one Feminism and the Academic Mode; Chapter 1 Feminist praxis and the academic mode of production: an editorial introduction; Chapter 2 Method, methodology and epistemology in feministresearch processes; Part two Feminist Research Processes; Chapter 3 Introduction; Section A Beginning and Finishing Research; Chapter 4 The feminist research process - defining a topic
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Chapter 5 The history of a 'failed' research topic: the case of the childmindersSection B Demolishing the 'Quantitative v. Qualitative' Divide; Chapter 6 'Seeking Susan': producing statistical information on young people's leisure; Chapter 7 My statistics and feminism - a true story; Chapter 8 'A referral was made': behind the scenes during the creation of a Social Services Department 'elderly' statistic; Section C Recognising the Role of Auto/Biography; Chapter 9 On the conflicts of doing feminist research into masculinity
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Chapter 10 From butch god to teddy bear? Some thoughts on my relationship with Elvis PresleyChapter 11 The professional and the personal: a study of women quantity surveyors; Section D Analytically Using Experience; Chapter 12 Breaking the rules: assessing the assessment of a girls' project; Chapter 13 The mastectomy experience; Chapter 14 At the Palace: researching gender and ethnicity in a Chinese restaurant; Chapter 15 Counter-arguments: an ethnographic look at 'Women and Class'; Chapter 16 Using drama to get at gender; Chapter 17 Becoming a feminist social worker
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Section E Analysing Written and Visual TextsChapter 18 Reading feminism in fieldnotes; Chapter 19 Analysing a photograph of Marilyn Monroe; Name index; Subject index;
Anmerkung:
Description based upon print version of record
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