Feminism and Method

Ethnography, Discourse Analysis, and Activist Research

By: Nancy A. Naples

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Hardcover | 30 May 2003 | Edition Number 1

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In "Feminism and Method," Nancy Naples provides a clear and accessible overview of the different theories of feminist methodology and practice as well as a framework for solving some of the most difficult research challenges faced by social scientists. Drawing on diverse research issues, such as welfare reform, rural economic development, racial formation, community control, and sexual abuse, Naples illustrates some of the most salient dilemmas of feminist research: the debate over objectivity, the materiality of discourse, the dilemma of standpoint, and the challenges of activist research. By linking important feminist theoretical debates with case studies, Naples illustrates the strategies she developed for resolving the challenges posed by postmodern, Third World, and postcolonial feminist critiques of the practice of social research.

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"This is an exciting and brilliant book that transforms sociological method...This is frankly feminist, frankly critical, frankly committed to issues of social justice. It's committed also to an idea of research that reaches from people's own and necessarily divergent experiences into the forms of power that shape them...Women's studies has needed a research method and here is one that is wholly committed to feminist objectives and principles." -- Dorothy E. Smith
"A stimulating, important, and accessible book for classroom use. Naples brings distinctive insights from her work in policy analysis and grassroots activism to her explorations of epistemological and methodological issues. She demonstrates how concerns for social justice can advance the growth of knowledge." -- Sandra Harding, editor of The Feminist Standpoint Theory Reader

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