Feminist Approaches to Theory and Methodology: An Interdisciplinary Reader by He

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This collection is organised around issues in feminist theory and research: challenging disciplinary obstructions; the politics of identity and experience; negotiating difference; power and resistance; representations of the body; social policy and women's activism.

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Feminist Approaches to Theory and Methodology addresses the theoretical issues raised by doing feminist research from an interdisciplinary perspective. Bringing together the work of leading scholars and emerging new critics, the editors have selected the best, most representative and recent work in feminist scholarship. The collection is organized around key issues in feminist theory and empirical research as impacted by post-structuralist dialogue. Severalessays address the tensions between disciplinary and interdisciplinary knowledge building, exposing male biases embedded in disciplinary paradigms. Other essays deal with dramatic changes in two foundationalconcepts in feminist theory--identity and experience--which are presented not as innate and unproblematic, but as constituted by discourse, representation, and the effects of power. Additional essays examine the complex terrain in which differences within and between women are used as tools of oppression and of resistance both inside and outside feminist praxis. These essays uncover a subtext of racial anxiety, offering critical insights for academic and social change. The gender dynamics ofpower and resistance are taken up by several critics whose research encourages the development of a feminist scholarly methodology that focuses on women's subjective experiences, the ways in which theymediate relations of power, and their capacity for implementing personal and collective activism. These essays deal with the importance in feminist scholarship of resisting the inclination to view women as passive and powerless victims. Another major focus of the volume brings together visual and discursive representations of the female body in which heterosexuality and reproduction are imposed as the norm. The volume concludes with a set of essays which presents students with somemethodological and political dilemmas feminists encounter as they expose the underlying ideological distortions in existing social policies. Distinct for its interdisciplinary scope as well as its globalorientation, Feminist Approaches to Theory and Methodology is an ideal text for courses in a wide range of social science and humanities disciplines including research methods and women's studies.

Author Biography

Christina Gilmartin is at Northeastern University.

Table of Contents

ForewordAcknowledgmentsContributorsIntroductionI. Feminist Critiques Within The Disciplines1.: Emily Martin: The Egg and the Sperm: How Science Has Constructed a Romance Based on Stereotypical Male-Female Roles2.: Susan Bordo: Feminist Skepticism and the "Maleness" of Philosophy3.: Kathleen Canning: Feminist History after the Linguistic Turn: Historicizing Discourse and ExperienceII. The Politics Of Identity And Experience4.: Joan Scott: The Evidence of Experience5.: Jayati Lal: Situating Locations: The Politics of Self, Identity, and "Other" in Living and Writing the Text6.: Catherine Raissiguier: The Construction of Marginal Identities: Working-Class Girls of Algerian Descent in a French SchoolIII. The Social Construction Of Difference7.: Patricia Hill Collins: Learning from the Outsider Within: The Sociological Significance of Black Feminist Thought8.: bell hooks: Eating the Other, 'Black Looks: Race and Representation'9.: Feminist Criticism, 'The Yellow Wallpaper,' and the Politics in Color AmericaIV. Power And Resistance10.: Monique Deveaux: Feminism and Empowerment: A Critical Reading of Foucault11.: Deniz Kandiyoti: Islam and Patriarchy: A Comparative PerspectiveV. Discourses Of The Body12.: Anne Raine: Embodied Geographies: Subjectivity and Materiality in the Work of Ana Mendieta13.: Rayna Rapp: The Power of "Positive" Diagnosis: Medical and Maternal Discourses on Amniocentesis14.: The Psychomorphology of the ClitorisVI. Social Policy and Female Agency15.: Roberta Spalter-Roth & Heidi Hartmann: Small Happinesses: The Feminist Struggle to Integrate Social Research with Social Activism16.: Cindy Patton: From Nation to Family: Containing African AIDSChandra Talpade Mohanty: Women Workers and Capitalist Scripts: Ideologies of Domination, Common Interests, and Politics of Solidarity

Long Description

Feminist Approaches to Theory and Methodology addresses the theoretical issues raised by doing feminist research from an interdisciplinary perspective. Bringing together the work of leading scholars and emerging new critics, the editors have selected the best, most representative and recent work in feminist scholarship. The collection is organized around key issues in feminist theory and empirical research as impacted by post-structuralist dialogue. Severalessays address the tensions between disciplinary and interdisciplinary knowledge building, exposing male biases embedded in disciplinary paradigms. Other essays deal with dramatic changes in two foundational concepts in feminist theory--identity and experience--which are presented not as innate andunproblematic, but as constituted by discourse, representation, and the effects of power. Additional essays examine the complex terrain in which differences within and between women are used as tools of oppression and of resistance both inside and outside feminist praxis. These essays uncover a subtext of racial anxiety, offering critical insights for academic and social change. The gender dynamics of power and resistance are taken up by several critics whose research encourages the developmentof a feminist scholarly methodology that focuses on women's subjective experiences, the ways in which they mediate relations of power, and their capacity for implementing personal and collective activism. These essays deal with the importance in feminist scholarship of resisting the inclination toview women as passive and powerless victims. Another major focus of the volume brings together visual and discursive representations of the female body in which heterosexuality and reproduction are imposed as the norm. The volume concludes with a set of essays which presents students with some methodological and political dilemmas feminists encounter as they expose the underlying ideological distortions in existing social policies. Distinct for its interdisciplinary scope as well as its globalorientation, Feminist Approaches to Theory and Methodology is an ideal text for courses in a wide range of social science and humanities disciplines including research methods and women's studies.

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I. Feminist Critiques Within The Disciplines Emily Martin: "The Egg and the Sperm: How Science Has Constructed a Romance Based on Stereotypical Women's Rules" Susan Bordo: "Feminist Skepticism and the 'Maleness' of Philosophy" Kathleen Canning: "Feminist History after the Linguistic Turn: Historicizing Discourse and Experience" II. The Politics Of Identity And Experience Joan Scott: "The Evidence of Experience" Jayati Lal: "Situating Locations: The Politics of Self, Identity, and 'Other' in Living and Writing the Text" Catherine Raissiguier: "The Construction of Marginal Identites: Working-Class Girls of Algerian Descent in a French School" III. The Social Construction Of Difference Patricia Hill Collins: "Learning from the Outsider Within: The Sociological Significance of Black Feminist Thought" Bell Hooks: "Eating the Other, 'Black Looks: Race and Representation'" "Feminist Criticism, 'The Yellow Wallpaper,' and the Politics in Color America" IV. Power And Resistance Monique Deveaux: "Feminism and Empowerment: A Critical Reading of Foucault" Deniz Kandiyoti: "Islam and Patriarchy: A Comparitive Perspective" V. Discourses Of The Body Anne Raine: "Embodies Geographies: Subjectivity and Materiality in the Work of Ana Mendieta" Rayna Rapp: "The Power of 'Positive' Diagnosis: Medical and Maternal Discourses on Amniocentisis" VI. Social Policy and Female Agency Roberta Spalter-Roth and Heidi Hartmann: "Small Happiness: The Feminist Struggle to Integrate Social Research with Social Activism" Chandra Talpade Mohanty: "Women Workers and Capitalist Scripts: Ideologies of Domination, Common Interests, and Politics of Solidarity"

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The interdisciplinary nature of the book is increasingly important for feminist research in humanities and social sciences todayAs women's studies and gender scholarship becomes more institutionalized, the market for this type of book will only increase

Details ISBN0195125223 Short Title FEMINIST APPROACHES TO THEORY Language English ISBN-10 0195125223 ISBN-13 9780195125221 Media Book Format Paperback Year 1999 Subtitle An Interdisciplinary Reader Country of Publication United States Imprint Oxford University Press Inc Place of Publication New York Pages 400 DOI 10.1604/9780195125221 AU Release Date 1999-07-29 NZ Release Date 1999-07-29 US Release Date 1999-07-29 UK Release Date 1999-07-29 Illustrations 3 slides Edited by Lydenberg Author Lydenberg Publisher Oxford University Press Inc Publication Date 1999-07-29 DEWEY 300.72 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got this

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