Handbook of Feminist Research

Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber (PhD, University of Michigan) is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Women’s Studies & Gender Studies Program at Boston College in Massachusetts. She has published widely on the impact of sociocultural factors on women’s body image, including her book Am I Thin Enough Yet? The Cult of Thinness and the Commercialization of Identity, which was selected as one of Choice Magazine’s best academic books for 1996. She has also written widely on methodological and methods issues, including the role of technology and emergent methods in social research. Dr. Hesse-Biber is co-editor of Emergent Methods in Social Research and the Handbook of Emergent Methods, as well as co-author of The Practice of Qualitative Research. She is also editor of the Handbook of Feminist Research: Theory and Praxis, which was selected as one of the Critics’ Choice Award winners by the American Education Studies Association and was also chosen as one of Choice Magazine’s Outstanding Academic titles for 2007. Dr. Hesse-Biber is co-developer of the software program HyperRESEARCH, a computer-assisted program for analyzing qualitative data, and the new transcription tool HyperTRANSCRIBE. For more information, see www.researchware.com.

′The Handbook of Feminist Research: Theory and Praxis is a well-developed contribution to the body of feminist literature. It effectively highlights the connection between feminist research and social change by drawing upon the range of existent feminist epistemologies, methods, and practices, all of which adopt different means of conceptualising, researching, and ultimately representing the lived experiences of women, varied across the lines of race, class and/or other demographics. The text, while accessible for both research and teaching purposes, perhaps most importantly draws our attention to the need to be critically aware in the process of conducting feminist research. One must address the challenges, research developments, and, crucially, the diversity amongst women, that may be incurred in attempting to research, understand, and accurately represent the lived experiences of all women′

• 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