Handbook of Feminist Research

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 (researchware.com).

This Handbook presents both a theoretical and practical approach to conducting social science research on, for, and about women. It develops an understanding of feminist research by introducing a range of feminist epistemologies, methodologies, and emergent methods that have had a significant impact on feminist research practice and women's studies scholarship. Contributors to the Second Edition continue to highlight the close link between feminist research and social change and transformation.The new edition expands the base of scholarship into new areas, with 12 entirely new chapters on topics such as the natural sciences, social work, the health sciences, and environmental studies. It extends discussion of the intersections of race, class, gender, and globalization, as well as transgender, transsexualism and the queering of gender identities. All 22 chapters retained from the first edition are updated with the most current scholarship, including a focus on the role that new technologies play in the feminist research process.Discover the latest news from Author Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber:Visit fordham.edu/Campus_Resources/eNewsroom/topstories_2397.asp

Chapter 1. Feminist Research: Exploring, Interrogating, and Transforming the Interconnections of Epistemology, Methodology, and Method - Sharlene Nagy Hesse-BiberPart 1. Feminist Perspectives on Knowledge BuildingChapter 2. Feminist Empiricism - Catherine E. HundlebyChapter 3. Feminist Standpoints - Sandra HardingChapter 4. Postmodern, Post-Structural, and Critical Theories - Susanne Gannon and Bronwyn DaviesChapter 5. Truth and Truths in Feminist Knowledge Production - Mary HawkesworthChapter 6. Critical Perspectives on Feminist Epistemology - Noretta KoertgeChapter 7. Interconnections and Configurations: Toward a Global Feminist Ethnography - Kum-Kum Bhavnani and Molly TalcottChapter 8. Intersectionality: A Transformative Paradigm in Feminist Theory and Social Justice - Bonnie Thornton Dill and Marla H. KohlmanPart 2. Feminist Research PraxisChapter 9. The Synergistic Practice of Theory and Method - Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber and Deborah PiatelliChapter 10. Feminist Ethnography: Histories, Challenges, and Possibilities - Wanda S. Pillow and Cris MayoChapter 11. Feminist Qualitative Interviewing: Experience, Talk, and Knowledge - Marjorie L. DeVault and Glenda GrossChapter 12. Using Survey Research as a Quantitative Method for Feminist Social Change - Kathi N. Miner, Toby Epstein Jayaratne, Amanda Pesonen, and Lauren ZurbruggChapter 13. The Link Between Feminist Theory and Methods in Experimental Research - Sue V. RosserChapter 14. Feminist Evaluation Research - Sharon Brisolara and Denise SeigartChapter 15. Feminist Approaches to Inquiry in the Natural Sciences: Practices for the Lab - Deboleena RoyChapter 16. Participatory Action Research and Feminisms: Social Inequalities and Transformative Praxis - M. Brinton Lykes and Rachel M. HershbergChapter 17. Narratives and Numbers: Feminist Multiple Methods Research - Elizabeth R. Cole and Abigail J. StewartChapter 18. Feminism, Grounded Theory, and Situational Analysis Revisited - Adele E. ClarkeChapter 19. Feminist Perspectives on Social Movement Research - Sarah Maddison and Frances ShawChapter 20. Feminist Research and Activism to Promote Health Equity - Lynn Weber and Jennifer CastellowChapter 21. Joining the Conversation: Social Work Contributions to Feminist Research - Stephanie Wahab, Ben Anderson-Nathe, and Christina GringeriChapter 22. Writing Feminist Research - Kathy CharmazChapter 23. Putting Feminist Research Principles Into Practice - Kristen IntemannPart 3. Feminist Issues and Insights in Practice and PedagogyChapter 24. Challenges and Strategies in Feminist Knowledge Building, Pedagogy, and Praxis - Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber and Abigail BrooksChapter 25. Authority and Representation in Feminist Research - Judith RoofChapter 26. The Feminism Question in Science: What Does It Mean to "Do Social Science as a Feminist"? - Alison WylieChapter 27. The Feminist Practice of Holistic Reflexivity - Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber and Deborah PiatelliChapter 28. Feminist Research Ethics - Judith Preissle and Yuri HanChapter 29. Transgender, Transsexualism and the Queering of Gender Identities: Debates for Feminist Research - Katherine JohnsonChapter 30. Future Directions in Difference Research: Recognizing and Responding to Difference in the Research Process - Diane ReayChapter 31. Feminizing Global Research/Globalizing Feminist Research: Methods and Practice Under Globalization - Jennifer Bickham Mendez and Diane L. WolfChapter 32. From Course to Dis-course: Mainstreaming Feminist, Pedagogical, Methodological, and Theoretical Perspectives - Debra Renee Kaufman and Rachel LewisChapter 33. Feminist Pedagogy Reconsidered - Daphne PataiChapter 34. Teaching, Techniques, and Technologies of Feminist Methodology: Online and on the Ground - Debjani Chakravarty, Judith A. Cook, and Mary Margaret Fonow