Feminist Research Practice

A Primer
2. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4129-9497-2
Verlag: Sage Publications, Inc

Buch, Englisch, 456 Seiten, Format (B × H): 191 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 849 g

The fully revised and updated edition of Feminist Research Practice: A Primer draws on the expertise of a stellar group of interdisciplinary scholars who cover cutting-edge research methods and explore research questions related to the complex and diverse issues that deeply impact women’s lives. This text offers a unique hands-on approach to research by featuring engaging and relevant exercises as well as behind-the-scenes glimpses of feminist researchers at work. The in-depth examples cover the range of research questions that feminists engage with, including issues of gender inequality, violence against women, body image issues, and the discrimination of other marginalized groups. Written in a clear, concise manner that invites students to explore and practice a wide range of research, the Second Edition offers seven new chapters that reflect the latest scholarship in the field, a stronger focus on ethics, new examples that bring concepts to life, effective learning tools, and more.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hesse-Biber, Sharlene Nagy

Biber, Sharlene Hesse

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Forschung und Information Forschungsmethodik, Wissenschaftliche Ausstattung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Feminismus, Feministische Theorie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Feministische Perspektiven in den Wissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. A Re-Invitation to Feminist Research - Sharlene Hesse-Biber
Chapter 2. Feminist Empiricism and Standpoint Theory: Approaches to Understanding the Social World - Nancy A. Naples and Barbara Gurr
Chapter 3. Feminist Postmodernism, Poststructuralism and Critical Theory - Nollaig Frost and Frauke Elichaoff
Chapter 4. Ethics and Feminist Research - Linda Bell
Chapter 5. What Is Feminist Ethnography? - Elana D. Buch and Karen M. Staller
Chapter 6. Feminist Practice of Action and Community Research - M. Brinton Lykes and Alison Crosby
Chapter 7. Feminist Approaches to In-Depth Interviewing - Sharlene Hesse-Biber
Chapter 8. The Practice of Feminist Focus Groups - Jennie Munday
Chapter 9. Feminist Media Research - Heather McIntosh and Lisa M. Cuklanz
Chapter 10. Feminist Survey Research - Kathi Miner and Toby Jayaratne
Chapter 11. The Feminist Practice of Program Evaluation - Donna M. Mertens and Nichole Stewart
Chapter 12. Feminist Approaches to Mixed Methods Research - Sharlene Hesse-Biber
Chapter 13. Conclusion: Putting Together Your Research Project - Sharlene Hesse-Biber

Über Autor(innen)

Biber, Sharlene Hesse
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.

Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber, Ph. D. University of Michigan, is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Women’s and Gender Studies Program at Boston College. Her monograph, Am I Thin Enough Yet? (Oxford, 1996), was selected as one of Choice Magazine’s best academic books for 1996. She is author of The Cult Thinness (Oxford, 2007) and Mixed Methods Research: Merging Theory with Practice (Guilford Publications, 2010). She is the co-author of Working Women in America (Oxford, 2005) and The Practice of Qualitative Research (Sage, 2006; 2011). She is the co-editor of Approaches to Qualitative Research (Oxford, 2004), Feminist Perspectives on Social Research (Oxford, 2004), Emergent Methods in Social Research (Sage, 2006) and The Handbook of Emergent Methods (Guilford, 2008). She is editor of The Handbook of Feminist Research (Sage, 2007), an AESA Critics’ Choice Award winner and selected one of Choice Magazine’s Outstanding Academic titles for 2007, and co-author of Feminist Research Practice: A Primer (Sage, 2007; Second Edition forthcoming, 2012). She is editor of The Handbook of Emergent Technologies in Social Research (Oxford, 2011). She is co-developer of HyperRESEARCH, a software tool for analyzing qualitative data, and HyperTRANSCRIBE, a transcription software tool (www.researchware.com).