Beyond Methodology: Feminist Scholarship as Lived Research

"A stellar cast of authors discuss and describe feminist research, reflecting the state of feminist discourse in sociology.... its high quality makes it a must in sociology and women's studies collections." --Choice

"... empowering... thought-provoking... " --Gender and Society

"... a valuable addition to the literature on feminism and method that reveals important discrepancies and shared themes in its chapters." --Contemporary Sociology

In this interdisciplinary collection of articles by internationally recognized feminist scholars, the authors examine efforts to apply feminist principles to the research act. Each stage of the research process is examined, from sampling techniques to mass media packaging and marketing of feminist research. The essays address both abstract philosophical questions and the more practical ways theories are translated into feminist inquiry.

The authors in Beyond Methodology examine the efforts to apply feminist principles to the research act. Their essays address both abstract philosophical questions about the way feminists come to know or apprehend women's social realities and the more practical way these assumptions are translated into feminist inquiry.

1. Back to the Future: A Look at the Second Wave of Feminist Epistemology and Methodology

Mary Margaret Fonow and Judith A. Cook

2. The Man of Professional Wisdom

Kathryn Pyne Addelson

3. Learning from the Outsider Within: The Sociological Significance of Black Feminist Thought

Patricia Hill Collins

4. Women's Research or Feminist Research? The Debate Surrounding Feminist Science and Methodology

Maria Mies

5. Quantitative and Qualitative Methods in the Social Sciences: Current Feminist Issues and Practical Strategies

Toby Epstein Jayaratne and Abigail J. Stewart

6. Race and Class Bias in Qualitative Research on Women

Lynn Weber Cannon, Elizabeth Higginbotham, and Marianne L.A. Leung

7. Researching the Women's Movement: We Make Our Own History, But Not Just As We Please

Verta Taylor and Leila J. Rupp

8. Objectivity and Truth: Problems in Doing Feminist Research

Joan Acker, Kate Barry, and Johanna Esseveld

9. Separate but Equivalent: Equal Pay for Work of Comparable Worth

Ronnie Steinberg and Lois Haignere

10. The Different Worlds of Women and Men: Attitudes toward Pornography and Responses to Not a Love Story-A Film about Pornography

Pauline B. Bart, Linda N. Freeman, and Peter Kimball

11. Household Resources and U.S. Womens Work: Factors Affecting Gainful Employment at the Turn of the Century

Christine E. Bose

12. Women in Agriculture: Counting the Labor Force in Developing Countries

Ruth Dixon-Mueller

13. Coauthorship, Gender, and Publication among Sociologists

Kathryn B. Ward and Linda Grant

14. Feminist Research, Feminist Consciousness, the Experiences of Sexism

Liz Stanley and Sue Wise

15. Sharing Feminist Research with Popular Audiences: The Book Tour

Laurel Richardson

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