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Feminist Research in Practice

Maura Kelly and Barbara Gurr

Feminist Research in Practice is a supplementary text for undergraduate and graduate research methods courses. The book opens with a detailed examination of feminist methodologies and sociological research methods, followed by twelve chapters offering an in-depth analysis of six research projects. Invited scholars have each contributed two paired chapters: the first is data-driven and includes a description of methods and findings as well as analysis, allowing contributors to highlight their application of feminist methods and approaches in their work. In the second of each pair, contributors offer a close reflection on the research process, including obstacles and the emergence of new inquiries, allowing readers to deepen their own understanding of feminist research as it is practiced. The projects themselves are diverse in focus and approach with both large and small research teams working in varied communities and using an assortment of methods. Feminist Research in Practice closes with an extensive bibliography of recent and established research literature for further consideration.

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Pages: 174 • Trim: 6¼ x 9½

978-1-5381-2391-1 • Hardback • September 2019 • $79.00 • (£61.00)

978-1-5381-2392-8 • Paperback • September 2019 • $48.00 • (£37.00)

978-1-5381-2393-5 • eBook • September 2019 • $45.50 • (£35.00)

Subjects: Social Science / Feminism & Feminist Theory, Social Science / Research, Social Science / Sociology / Social Theory, Social Science / Women's Studies

Courses: Sociology; Theory & Methods; Research Methods, Sociology; Women's Studies; Introduction to Women's Studies

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Summary

Feminist Research in Practice is a supplementary text for undergraduate and graduate research methods courses. The book opens with a detailed examination of feminist methodologies and sociological research methods, followed by twelve chapters offering an in-depth analysis of six research projects. Invited scholars have each contributed two paired chapters: the first is data-driven and includes a description of methods and findings as well as analysis, allowing contributors to highlight their application of feminist methods and approaches in their work. In the second of each pair, contributors offer a close reflection on the research process, including obstacles and the emergence of new inquiries, allowing readers to deepen their own understanding of feminist research as it is practiced. The projects themselves are diverse in focus and approach with both large and small research teams working in varied communities and using an assortment of methods. Feminist Research in Practice closes with an extensive bibliography of recent and established research literature for further consideration.

Details

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Pages: 174 • Trim: 6¼ x 9½

978-1-5381-2391-1 • Hardback • September 2019 • $79.00 • (£61.00)

978-1-5381-2392-8 • Paperback • September 2019 • $48.00 • (£37.00)

978-1-5381-2393-5 • eBook • September 2019 • $45.50 • (£35.00)

Subjects: Social Science / Feminism & Feminist Theory, Social Science / Research, Social Science / Sociology / Social Theory, Social Science / Women's Studies

Courses: Sociology; Theory & Methods; Research Methods, Sociology; Women's Studies; Introduction to Women's Studies

Author

Barbara Gurr is associate professor in the Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program at the University of Connecticut. Her publications include Reproductive Justice: The Politics of Healthcare for Native American Women (Rutgers University Press, 2015) and Race, Gender and Sexuality in Post-Apocalyptic TV and Film (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015), of which she is the editor.

Maura Kelly is associate professor of sociology at Portland State University. Her research and research interests include gender, sexuality, and work. Her research has been published in a variety of sociology and interdisciplinary journals, such as Gender & Society, Sociological Forum, and Journal of GLBT Family Studies.

Table of Contents

1 Putting Feminist Research into Practice

Maura Kelly

2 Overview of Sociological Research

Maura Kelly

3 Shared Parenting When Mommy and Momma Break Up

Katie Acosta

4 Deep Reflexivity in Conducting Sexuality and Family Research

Katie Acosta

5 Who Are Feminists in the United States Today, and What Do They Believe about Social Inequality? Challenging Stereotypes with Quantitative Research

Catherine Harnois

6 An Intersectional Feminist Approach to Quantitative Research

Catherine Harnois

7 Interdependence, Social Inclusion, Poverty, and Family Policy: A Community-Based Exploration

Emily Kane

8 Getting to Know People with Experiences and Knowledge Far beyond My Own: Feminism, Public Sociology, and Community-Based Research

Emily Kane

9 Maxine Feldman: The Outcast at the Center of the Music

Jo Reger

10 What’s So Feminist about Archival Research?

Jo Reger

11 Does Science Do More Harm Than Good? A Mixed-Methods Analysis of African American Women’s Attitudes toward Science

Maura Kelly, Gordon Gauchat, Katie Acosta, Elizabeth Withers, and Joyce McNair

12 Doing Intersectional Mixed-Methods Feminist Research

Maura Kelly and Joyce McNair

13 I Am Not Your Indian: Claiming Identity at Standing Rock

Barbara Gurr

14 This Is Hard: Researching and Writing Outside the Lines

Barbara Gurr

Appendix A: Key Elements of Research Design

Appendix B: Further Resources

Index

About the Contributors

Reviews

Feminist Research in Practice by Kelly, Gurr and their contributing authors is a quality contribution to the literature on feminist research. Its creative approach toward both explaining the essential elements of feminist methodologies as well as demonstrating them, in practice, would be an interesting read for all and an asset to any graduate or undergraduate social work or social science research methods classroom.

— Affilia: Feminist Inquiry in Social Work

This new feminist sociology text represents an important contribution to the body of contemporary feminist literature. The chapters demonstrate the reflexive practice at the heart of this book’s ethos, and its diversity is practiced as well as critically analyzed. Their focus on methods will be a welcome resource for students and teachers in higher education who seek critical, intersectional, and up-to-the-minute approaches grounded in contemporary events and thinking.
— Anne M. Harris, Principal Research Fellow, RMIT University

An innovative and engaging text on feminist methodologies. Pairing empirical and reflective chapters from sociologists grappling with putting feminist principles into action in their research, Feminist Research in Practice is a perfect addition to undergraduate and graduate courses in sociological methods as well as gender. Through this book students can gain crucial insights into what goes into creating empirical research that is systematic, rigorous, and undeniably feminist.
— Miriam J. Abelson, Portland State University

Features

Paired sets of empirical and reflexive chapters

The focus is on a feminist sociological perspective

Teaches students how to apply feminist research principles are put into practice

Six empirical projects utilizing a variety of qualitative and quantitative methods

Feminist Research in Practice

Maura Kelly and Barbara Gurr

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