Feminist Praxis (RLE Feminist Theory): Research, Theory and Epistemology in Feminist Sociology (Routledge Library Editions: Feminist Theory) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415635136 ISBN 13: 9780415635134

Publisher: Routledge, 2012

Synopsis

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.

The contributors, all experts in their field, give practical examples of feminist research practices, covering colonialism, child-minding, gay men, feminist social work, cancer, working with young girls using drama, Marilyn Monroe, statistics – even the writing and reading of research accounts. These detailed accounts are located in relation to the position of feminism and of women generally in the academic world, and looked at in the light of discussions, debates, and controversies about feminist methodology across several disciplines.

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.

About this title

About the Author:

Liz Stanley is Research Professor of Sociology at the University of Newcastle.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0415635136
• ISBN 13: 9780415635134
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304
• Editor: Stanley Liz