Feminist Praxis (RLE Feminist Theory) : Research, Theory and Epistemology in Feminist Sociology.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stanley, Liz.

Contributor:

Stanley, Liz, 1947-

Series:

Routledge Library Editions: Feminist Theory Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Taylor & Francis Group, 2012.

Summary:

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. Feminist Praxis is unique in combining theoretical discussion of feminist methodology with detailed accounts of practical research processes. This blend of the practical and the theoretical will make it an invaluable text for feminists carrying out research at all levels, and it will also appeal to those interested in the relationship between theory, method and feminist epistemology.

Contents:

Intro

FEMINIST PRAXIS Research, Theory and Epistemology in Feminist Sociology

Copyright

Feminist Praxis Research, Theory and Epistemology in Feminist Sociology

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

Chapter 5 The history of a 'failed' research topic: the case of the childminders

Section 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

Chapter 10 From butch god to teddy bear? Some thoughts on my relationship with Elvis Presley

Chapter 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

Section E Analysing Written and Visual Texts

Chapter 18 Reading feminism in fieldnotes.

Chapter 19 Analysing a photograph of Marilyn Monroe

Name index

Subject index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Other Format:

Print version: Stanley, Liz Feminist Praxis (RLE Feminist Theory)

ISBN:

9781136204364

OCLC:

823386963