Handbook of Feminist Research: Theory and Praxis - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1412905451 ISBN 13: 9781412905459

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, 2006

Synopsis

The topic feminist research has too often been neglected in standard research methods books.

The Handbook of Feminist Research represents the establishment of a new tradition or paradigm in viewing how the research process is implemented. Feminist researchers bring unique epistemological and methodological perspectives to the research process. Feminists' approach to methodology allows for `new' types of questions about women's lives and those of `other/ed' marginalized groups to be addressed within their respective fields of research.

This Handbook stresses the interconnections between epistemology, methodology and methods.They are not de-linked from each other but work together in dynamic ways to produce new knowledge and this openness itself is also characteristic of how feminist researchers approach their work. Feminists engage synergistically with all three aspects of the research process - epistemology, methodology and method. Through a synergistic connection between these elements of research: epistemology; methodology; and method, we find that feminist research often shapes new research endeavors that are greater than `the sum of their parts'. In other words, while traditional research employs these components of research, the synergistic engagement of these components in feminist research questions the status quo, aiming to raise our consciousness about how we do research. Looking at the selections provided in this Handbook we are able to look at feminist research, its implementation of synergistic use of epistemology, methodology and method, and the resulting qualities of feminist research in practice.

About this title

Review:

"Feminist researchers describe the process, its connections, and its range of approaches - many of which have resulted in cutting - edge breakthroughs in the research community. Issues of race, class, geography, and more are surveyed in chapters that cover such research around the world, while future trends are analyzed. College-level libraries strong in women's studies or social science can't afford to be without this in-depth set of articles for students and scholars at the graduate level." (Midwest Book Review California Bookwatch 2007-02-12)

"This comprehensive edited volume is an important contribution to feminist scholarship. It integrates a wide range of theoretical, empirical, and practical material to provide an interdisciplinary review of classic and contemporary feminist theory, as well as an invaluable guide to help scholars construct their own research agendas. Among the volume's most significant contributions is the successful explanation of what makes research "feminist" through the use of inclusive definitions and emphasis on both the synergies and tensions in the relationships between feminist activism and scholarship. Very useful as a reference for students or as a text in research methods. Highly recommended." (R. V. Kutz-Flamenbaum 2007-03-20)

"Let me begin by recommending this book to anyone engaged in feminist research, as a contributor or a student of the field. It is superbly written, organized with amazing grace, highly inclusive of diverse research activities, and includes of some of the most well-known feminist scholars in a range of academic disciplines. This is a truly amazing handbook a huge enterprise, elegantly crafted by editor-author, Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber and completed by 52 other authors. The handbook is an outstanding contribution to feminist research, but beyond that, an excellent resource for students at all levels of inquiry and professional identification. There is nothing else to compete with its inclusiveness and intellectual prowess." ―JOURNAL OF PHENOMENOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY (Journal of Phenomenological Psychology Journal of Phenomenological Psychology 2007-12-16)

About the Author:

Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber (PhD, University of Michigan) is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Women’s Studies & Gender Studies Program at Boston College in Massachusetts. She has published widely on the impact of sociocultural factors on women’s body image, including her book Am I Thin Enough Yet? The Cult of Thinness and the Commercialization of Identity, which was selected as one of Choice Magazine’s best academic books for 1996. She has also written widely on methodological and methods issues, including the role of technology and emergent methods in social research. Dr. Hesse-Biber is co-editor of Emergent Methods in Social Research and the Handbook of Emergent Methods, as well as co-author of The Practice of Qualitative Research. She is also editor of the Handbook of Feminist Research: Theory and Praxis, which was selected as one of the Critics’ Choice Award winners by the American Education Studies Association and was also chosen as one of Choice Magazine’s Outstanding Academic titles for 2007. Dr. Hesse-Biber is co-developer of the software program HyperRESEARCH, a computer-assisted program for analyzing qualitative data, and the new transcription tool HyperTRANSCRIBE. For more information, see www.researchware.com.

About this edition

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1412905451
• ISBN 13: 9781412905459
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 768
• Editor: Biber Sharlene Hesse