Our studies, ourselves : sociologists' lives and work / edited by Barry Glassner and Rosanna Hertz.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Glassner, Barry, editor.

Hertz, Rosanna, editor.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociology--Research--North America--Case studies.

Sociology.

Sociologists--North America.

Sociologists.

Sociology--Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Reveals, with candor and discernment, how world events, political commitments and unanticipated constraints influenced the course of the authors' careers. They disclose how race, class, and gender proved to be pivotal elements in the course of their individual lives, and in how they carry out their research.

Contents:

Studying the enemy / by Kathleen M. Blee

Reflections on the intersection of research and politics in academia / by Hector L. Delgado

Working out class while studying elites / by Susan A. Ostrander

World events and career experiences : a personal perspective / by Mark S. Mizruchi

Searching for action research and teaching / by William H. Friedland

From Vietnam till today / by Howard Schuman

Making problems : reflections on experience and research / by John Walton

My years in anitproverty research and policy / by Herbert J. Gans

Unscripted : continuity and change in the gendered life course / by Phyllis Moen

Confessions of an accidental sociologist / by Arlene Skolnick

Writing as a democrat and a feminist / by Jane Mansbridge

Decoding dichotomies, pushing the boundaries : a lifetime of research on women in the professions / by Cynthia Fuchs Epstein

Resisting institutional capture as a research practice / by Dorothy E. Smith

The ins and outs of othering / by Barrie Thorne

Musician, sociologist, and hearing person : a crisis of identities / by Robert R. Alford

Social class tensions and value conflicts in the disability world / by Gary L. Albrecht

In defense of foxes / by Christopher Winship

Feminist fieldworker : 24-7 / by Sherryl Kleinman

Feminism in the field / by Jody Miller

Professional rebellions and personal researches, or how I became bored with myself / by Joshua Gamson

The body of knowledge / by Shulamit Reinharz

My life in social movements : from 1960s activist to Lesbian Den mother / by Verta Taylor.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2003.

Includes bibliographical references.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-028717-9

0-19-774327-7

1-280-53205-X

0-19-530295-8

0-19-803351-6

1-60256-466-3

OCLC:

191038406