Feminist Research in Practice is a supplementary text in sociology for undergraduate and graduate courses in feminist research methods, sociology research methods, and women in sociology. The book offers a total of ten paired chapters examining ten research projects. Invited scholars have 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 understanding and application of feminist methods and approaches in their work. In the second chapter, contributors offer a close, reflexive examination of the research process described in the empirical chapter, providing further insights into feminist methods and methodologies as these are actually practiced. The projects themselves are diverse in focus and approach, ranging from archival research to institutional ethnography, with both large and small research teams working in diverse communities and using a range of methods. Feminist Research in Practice brings together these two components of feminist scholarship: this book. This inclusion of both empirical research and reflexive practice allows the student and researcher to deepen their own understanding of feminist research as it is practiced: as contributors consider obstacles, interests, and the emergence of new inquiries.

About the 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.

Reviews
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



Book Information
ISBN 9781538123928
Author Maura Kelly
Format Paperback
Page Count 174
Imprint Rowman & Littlefield
Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
Weight(grams) 272g
Dimensions(mm) 231mm * 151mm * 14mm