Feminism and Method Ethnography, Discourse Analysis, and Activist Research [Paperback]

Naples draws on different research topics, such as welfare, poverty, sexual identity, and sexual abuse, to illustrate some of the most salient dilemmas of feminist research: the debate over objectivity, the paradox 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 be postmodern, Third World, postcolonial, and queer studies.Nancy A. Naplesis Professor of Sociology and Women's Studies at the University of Connecticut. She has published several books, including Women's Activism andGlobalization, Teaching Feminist Activism, and GrassrootsWarriors, which was a finalist for the C. Wright Mills Award from the Society for the Study of Social Problems (all published by Routledge).