Feminist Ethnography
Thinking through Methodologies, Challenges, and Possibilities
By (author) Dána-Ain Davis, Christa Craven
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Publication date:
07 June 2016Length of book:
218 pagesPublisher
Rowman & Littlefield PublishersISBN-13: 9780759122444
What is feminist ethnography? What is its history? How can its methods be applied? How is feminist ethnography produced, distributed, and evaluated? How do feminist ethnographers link their findings to broader publics through activism, advocacy, and public policy? Investigating these questions and more, this cross-cultural and interdisciplinary new text employs a problem-based approach to guide readers through the methods, challenges, and possibilities of feminist ethnography.
Dána-Ain Davis and Christa Craven tease out the influences of feminist ethnography across a variety of disciplines including women’s and gender studies, critical race studies, ethnic studies, education, communications, psychology, sociology, urban studies, and American studies. Feature elements of the text include Essentials (excerpts from key texts in the field), Spotlights (interviews with feminist ethnographers), and suggested assignments and readings. The text concludes with a “conversation” among contemporary feminist ethnographers about what feminist ethnography looks like today and into the future.
This text is accompanied by an author-maintained website that can be found here:
http://discover.wooster.edu/feministethnography/
Dána-Ain Davis and Christa Craven tease out the influences of feminist ethnography across a variety of disciplines including women’s and gender studies, critical race studies, ethnic studies, education, communications, psychology, sociology, urban studies, and American studies. Feature elements of the text include Essentials (excerpts from key texts in the field), Spotlights (interviews with feminist ethnographers), and suggested assignments and readings. The text concludes with a “conversation” among contemporary feminist ethnographers about what feminist ethnography looks like today and into the future.
This text is accompanied by an author-maintained website that can be found here:
http://discover.wooster.edu/feministethnography/
With this text, Davis and Craven have crafted a stunningly multi-dimensional, textured, provocative, and vibrant introduction to feminist ethnography. They engage multiple perspectives and unpack deep theoretical, methodological, and political material in an accessible and transparent way. Bravo!