Feminist Perspectives on Social Research

by Hesse-Biber, Sharlene Nagy; Yaiser, Michelle L.

• ISBN13: 9780195171747
• ISBN10: 0195171748
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-08-28
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

As feminist scholarship has developed, it has become increasingly evident that the practice of feminist research is interdisciplinary. Yet there are very few books that address the methodological and theoretical issues raised in doing feminist research from an interdisciplinary standpoint.Feminist Perspectives on Social Research addresses this need by focusing on the theory and research methods that feminist scholars use to study women and gender from the humanities and social and behavioral science perspectives. Paying attention to the important link between epistemology, methodology, and methods, the editors have chosen readings from a range of fields--including history, sociology, literature, and philosophy--that have proven to be most useful and accessible to their students. The book is divided intothree sections. Each section begins with an original chapter, written by the editors, that discusses the overall theme and integrates the range of articles presented. Part One: Method, Methodology, Epistemology presents the theoretical ideas and arguments surrounding feminist research; it covers thecontributions made by feminist research, the debates surrounding objectivity and positivism, and the question of whether or not there is 'a' feminist method. Part Two: Issues of Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality explains why researchers must pay attention to the variety and plurality of women andwomen's experiences, both theoretically and practically. Part Three: Applications and Methods outlines a practical approach to feminist research. Each theoretical reading about a particular method (interviewing, focus groups, survey research, experimental research, field research, and oral history)is paired with research examples using that method. Feminist Perspectives on Social Research is ideal for courses in research methods, feminist methods, qualitative research methods, feminist theory, and women's studies. It is also an excellent companion volume to Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber andPatricia Leavy's Approaches to Qualitative Research (OUP, 2004).

Table of Contents

Methods, Methodology, Epistemology

Feminist Approaches to Research as a Process: Reconceptualizing Epistemology, Methodology and Method

Women's Perspectives as Radical Critique of Sociology

Rethinking Standpoint Epistemology: What Is Strong Objectivity?

Tracing the Contours: Feminist Research and Feminist Objectivity

A Feminist Epistemology

Strategies On Issues Of Race, Class, Gender, & Sexuality

Difference Matters: Studying Across Race, Class, Gender and Sexuality

A Conceptual Framework for Understanding Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality

Rethinking Social Class: Qualitative Perspectives on Class and Gender

Parenting in Black and White Families: The Interaction of Gender with Race and Class

Can Men Be Subjects of Feminist Thought?

Fieldwork in Lesbian and Gay Communities

Applications And Methods

How Feminists Practice Social Research

Talking and Listening from Women's Standpoint: Feminist Strategies for Interviewing and Analysis

Gendering Violence: Masculinity and Power in Men's Accounts of Domestic Violence

Focus Groups: A Feminist Method

Vulnerability and Dangerousness: The Construction of Gender through Conversation about Violence

Some Thoughts by an ""Unrepentant Positivist"" Who Considers Herself a Feminist Nonetheless

The Blacker the Berry: Gender, Skin Tone, Self-Esteem, and Self-Efficacy

Inferences Regarding the Personality Traits and Sexual Orientaton of Physically Androgynous People

The Outsider Phenomenon

The Social Organization of Sexuality and Gender in Alternative Hard Rock: An Analysis of Intersectionality

What's So Feminist About Women's Oral History?

But Sometimes You're Not Part of the Story: Oral Histories and Ways of Remembering and Telling

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