Feminism and social change : bridging theory and practice / edited by Heidi Gottfried
- Bib ID:
- 1012183
- Format:
- Book
- Description:
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- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c1996
- viii, 286 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 0252021983 (alkaline paper)
- 025206495X (alkaline paper) (paperback)
- Summary:
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How likely is feminist research to promote change in society? Are some research methods more successful at promoting change than others? Contributors to this volume discuss principles of feminist inquiry, providing examples from their own experience and evaluating research practices for their potential to promote social change. These twelve explorations cover methodologies including ethnographic study, in-depth interviewing, naming, and going public. Also explored are consultative relationships between academic researchers and activist organizations, participatory and advocacy research processes, and coalition building.
- Full contents:
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- Introduction: Engaging Women's Communities: Dilemmas and Contradictions in Feminist Research / Heidi Gottfried
- 1. Contradictions of Feminist Methodology / Sherry Gorelick
- 2. Contradictions for Feminist Social Scientists / Dorothy E. Smith
- 3. Objectivity and Truth: Problems in Doing Feminist Research / Joan Acker, Kate Barry and Joke Esseveld
- 4. Can There Be a Feminist Ethnography? / Judith Stacey
- 5. Immigrant Women and Paid Domestic Work: Research, Theory, and Activism / Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo
- 6. Seeing through the Eye of Difference: A Reflection on Three Research Journeys / Linda Carty
- 7. Lesbian Existence and the Women's Movement: Researching the "Lavender Herring" / Verta Taylor and Leila J. Rupp
- 8. Feminist Participatory Research and Empowerment: Going Public as Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse / Nancy A. Naples and Emily Clark
- 9. Participatory Research and Alternative Strategies for Activist Sociology / Francesca M. Cancian.
- 10. Small Happinesses: The Feminist Struggle to Integrate Social Research with Social Activism / Roberta Spalter-Roth and Heidi Hartmann
- 11. Advocacy Research for Feminist Policy Objectives: Experiences with Comparable Worth / Ronnie J. Steinberg
- 12. Theoretical Bases for Coalition Building: An Assessment of Postmodernism / Nancy C. M. Hartsock.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Gottfried, Heidi, 1955-
- Copyright:
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