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Author DeVault, Marjorie L., 1950-

Title Liberating method : feminism and social research / Marjorie L. DeVault
Published Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1999

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Description x, 275 pages ; 24 cm
Contents Pt. I. Introduction. 1. Becoming a Feminist Scholar: A Second-Generation Story -- Pt. II. What is feminist methodology? 2. Talking Back to Sociology: Distinctive Contributions of Feminist Methodology. 3. Institutional Ethnography: A Strategy for Feminist Inquiry -- Pt. III. Excavation. 4. Talking and Listening from Women's Standpoint: Feminist Strategies for Interviewing and Analysis. 5. Ethnicity and Expertise: Racial-Ethnic Knowledge in Sociological Research -- Pt. IV. The self as resource. 6. Novel Readings: The Social Organization of Interpretation. 7. Whose Science of Food and Health? Narratives of Profession and Activism from Public Health Nutrition -- Pt. V. Writing and rhetorical strategy. 8. Women Write Sociology: Rhetorical Strategies. 9. Metaphors of Silence and Voice in Feminist Thought / Marjorie L. DeVault and Chrys Ingraham. 10. Speaking Up, Carefully: Authorship and Authority in Feminist Writing -- Pt. VI. Craft knowledge of feminist research
11. From the Seminar Room: Practical Advice for Researchers -- App. A. List of Data for Sources in Chapter 6: Commentary on The Late Bourgeois World -- App. B. Readings for a Seminar on "Feminist Methodologies"
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-267) and index
Subject Interdisciplinary research.
Social sciences -- Research -- Methodology.
Feminism -- Research -- Methodology.
Feminist theory.
LC no. 98031712
ISBN 1566396972
1566396980