Handbook of Feminist Research : Theory and Praxis

by Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber

• ISBN13: 9781412905459
• ISBN10: 1412905451
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-10-18
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc

Summary

The topic of feminist research has too often been neglected in standard research methods books. This Handbook is meant to be a distinctive break with that tradition.  The Handbook of Feminist Research represents the establishment of a new tradition or paradigm in viewing how the research process is implemented. Feminist researchers bring unique epistemological and methodological perspectives to the research process. Feminists' approach to methodology allows for "new" types of questions about women's lives and those of 'œother/ed' marginalized groups to be addressed within their respective fields of research.  This Handbook stresses the interconnections between epistemology, methodology and methods. They are not de-linked from each other but work together in dynamic ways to produce new knowledge and this openness itself is also characteristic of how feminist researchers approach their work.   Feminists engage synergistically with all three aspects of the research process'”epistemology, methodology and method. Through a synergistic connection between these elements of research: epistemology, methodology, and method, we find that feminist research often shapes new research endeavors that are greater than" the sum of their parts". In other words, while traditional research employs these components of research, the synergistic engagement of these components in feminist research questions the status quo, aiming  to raise our consciousness about how we do research. Looking at the selections provided in this Handbook we are able to look at feminist research, its implementation of synergistic use of epistemology, methodology, and method, and the resulting qualities of feminist research in practice.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Feminist Research: Exploring the Interconnections of Epistemology, Methodology, and Method	1	(28)
Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber
PART I. Feminist Perspectives on Knowledge Building
Feminist Empiricism	29	(16)
Catherine Hundleby
Feminist Standpoints	45	(26)
Sandra Harding
Postmodern, Poststructural, and Critical Theories	71	(36)
Susanne Gannon
Bronwyn Davies
The Politics of Border Crossings: Black, Postcolonial, and Transnational Feminist Perspectives	107	(16)
Hyun Sook Kim
Feminist Interdisciplinary Approaches to Knowledge Building	123	(20)
Sally L. Kitch
PART II. Feminist Research Praxis
From Theory to Method and Back Again: The Synergistic Praxis of Theory and Method	143	(12)
Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber
Deborah Piatelli
Toward Understandings of Feminist Ethnography	155	(18)
Wanda S. Pillow
Cris Mayo
Feminist Interviewing: Experience, Talk, and Knowledge	173	(26)
Marjorie L. DeVault
Glenda Gross
Using Survey Research as a Quantitative Method for Feminist Social Change	199	(24)
Kathi Miner-Rubino
Toby Epstein Jayaratne
Julie Konik
The Link Between Theory and Methods: Feminist Experimental Research	223	(34)
Sue V. Rosser
Reading Between the Lines: Feminist Content Analysis Into the Second Millennium	257	(20)
Shulamit Reinharz
Rachel Kulick
Feminist Evaluation Research	277	(20)
Sharon Brisolara
Denise Seigart
Participatory and Action Research and Feminisms: Toward Transformative Praxis	297	(30)
M. Brinton Lykes
Erzulie Coquillon
Narratives and Numbers: Feminist Multiple Methods Research	327	(18)
Abigail J. Stewart
Elizabeth R. Cole
Feminisms, Grounded Theory, and Situational Analysis	345	(26)
Adele E. Clarke
Emergent Methods in Feminist Research	371	(20)
Pamela Moss
Feminist Perspectives on Social Movement Research	391	(18)
Sarah Maddison
Institutional Ethnography: From a Sociology for Women to a Sociology for People	409	(10)
Dorothy E. Smith
PART III. Feminist Perspectives on the Research Process: Issues and Insights
Core Feminist Insights and Strategies on Authority, Representations, Truths, Reflexivity, and Ethics Across the Research Process	419	(6)
Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber
Abigail Brooks
Authority and Representation in Feminist Research	425	(18)
Judith Roof
What's Good Writing in Feminist Research? What Can Feminist Researchers Learn About Good Writing?	443	(16)
Kathy Charmaz
Reading for Another: A Method for Addressing Some Feminist Research Dilemmas	459	(10)
Laurel Richardson
Truth and Truths in Feminist Knowledge Production	469	(24)
Mary Hawkesworth
Holistic Reflexivity: The Feminist Practice of Reflexivity	493	(22)
Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber
Deborah Piatelli
Feminist Research Ethics	515	(20)
Judith Preissle
PART IV. Commentaries on Future Directions in Feminist Theory, Research, and Pedagogy
Dialoguing About Future Directions in Feminist Theory, Research, and Pedagogy	535	(12)
Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber
Reason, Truth, and Experience: Tyrannies or Liberation?	547	(6)
Helen E. Longino
Critical Perspectives on Feminist Epistemology	553	(14)
Noretta Koertge
The Feminism Question in Science: What Does It Mean to ``Do Social Science as a Feminist''?	567	(12)
Alison Wylie
Standpoint Epistemology and Beyond	579	(12)
Nancy A. Naples
Commentary: Using Feminist Fractured Foundationalism in Researching Children in the Concentration Camps of the South African War (1899--1902)	591	(14)
Liz Stanley
Sue Wise
Future Directions in Difference Research: Recognising and Responding to Difference	605	(8)
Diane Reay
Feminist Designs for Difference	613	(8)
Michelle Fine
Decolonizing Approaches to Feminist Research: The Case of Feminist Ethnography	621	(8)
Katherine Borland
Future Directions of Feminist Research: Intersectionality	629	(10)
Bonnie Thornton Dill
Amy E. McLaughlin
Angel David Nieves
Interconnections and Configurations: Toward a Global Feminist Ethnography	639	(12)
Kum-Kum Bhavnani
Feminizing Global Research/Globalizing Feminist Research: Methods and Practice Under Globalization	651	(12)
Jennifer Bickham Mendez
Diane L. Wolf
A Global Feminist Perspective on Research	663	(6)
Maria Mies
Future Directions of Feminist Research: New Directions in Social Policy---The Case of Women's Health	669	(12)
Lynn Weber
From Course to Discourse: Mainstreaming Feminist Methodology	681	(8)
Debra Renee Kaufman
Feminist Pedagogy Reconsidered	689	(16)
Daphne Patai
A Passion for Knowledge: The Teaching of Feminist Methodology	705	(8)
Judith A. Cook
Mary Margaret Fonow
Author Index	713	(20)
Subject Index	733	(16)
About the Editor	749	(1)
About the Contributors	749