Feminist sociology / Sara Delamont.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Delamont, Sara, 1947-

Series:

New horizons in sociology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminist theory.

Physical Description:

xv, 195 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage, 2003.

Contents:

Introduction: Of silverbacks and tree houses vii

Chapter 1 When the patriarchy gets worried 1

Chapter 2 Neither young, nor luscious, nor sycophantic: developments in feminist sociology, 1968-2002 13

Chapter 3 The new forms possible to women? The achievements of feminist sociology 35

Chapter 4 Organising the necessary work: the question(s) of method(s) 60

Chapter 5 Unconventional but seething: were there any founding mothers? 78

Chapter 6 The brotherhood of professors, males all: the founding fathers of sociology 96

Chapter 7 Simply invisible: feminist sociology and the malestream 115

Chapter 8 Making fictions of female destiny: postmodernism and postfeminism 136

Chapter 9 Prerogatives usurped? Conclusions 153

Appendix 1 A critique of the orthodox histories of sociology 155

Appendix 2 The autobiographical narratives 160.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0761972544

0761972552

OCLC:

52161357