Feminist Dilemmas In Fieldwork

This book offers an interdisciplinary exploration of the kinds of dilemmas feminist researchers have confronted in the field, both in the United States and in Third World countries. It unravels the contradictions stemming from attempts to equalize the research relationship.

Informationen zum Autor Diane L. Wolf is associate professor of sociology at the University of California at Davis. Diane L. Wolf is associate professor of sociology at the University of California at Davis. Diane L. Wolf is associate professor of sociology at the University of California at Davis. Diane L. Wolf is associate professor of sociology at the University of California at Davis. Diane L. Wolf is associate professor of sociology at the University of California at Davis. Diane L. Wolf is associate professor of sociology at the University of California at Davis. Diane L. Wolf is associate professor of sociology at the University of California at Davis. Klappentext This book offers an interdisciplinary exploration of the kinds of dilemmas feminist researchers have confronted in the field, both in the United States and in Third World countries. It unravels the contradictions stemming from attempts to equalize the research relationship. Zusammenfassung This book offers an interdisciplinary exploration of the kinds of dilemmas feminist researchers have confronted in the field, both in the United States and in Third World countries. It unravels the contradictions stemming from attempts to equalize the research relationship. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword -- Preface -- Situating Feminist Dilemmas in Fieldwork -- Understanding the Gender System in Rural Turkey: Fieldwork Dilemmas of Conformity and Intervention -- Skinfolk, Not Kinfolk: Comparative Reflections on the Identity of Participant-Observation in Two Field Situations -- Writing Ethnography: Feminist Critical Practice -- Relationality and Ethnographic Subjectivity: Key Informants and the Construction of Personhood in Fieldwork -- Between Bosses and Workers: The Dilemma of a Keen Observer and a Vocal Feminist -- Feminist Insider Dilemmas: Constructing Ethnic Identity with Chicana Informants -- Reflections on Oral History: Research in a Japanese American Community -- The Expeditions of Conjurers: Ethnography, Power, and Pretense -- Situating Locations: The Politics of Self, Identity, and "Other" in Living and Writing the Text -- Afterword: Musings from an Old Gray Wolf...

Inhalt
Foreword -- Preface -- Situating Feminist Dilemmas in Fieldwork -- Understanding the Gender System in Rural Turkey: Fieldwork Dilemmas of Conformity and Intervention -- Skinfolk, Not Kinfolk: Comparative Reflections on the Identity of Participant-Observation in Two Field Situations -- Writing Ethnography: Feminist Critical Practice -- Relationality and Ethnographic Subjectivity: Key Informants and the Construction of Personhood in Fieldwork -- Between Bosses and Workers: The Dilemma of a Keen Observer and a Vocal Feminist -- Feminist Insider Dilemmas: Constructing Ethnic Identity with Chicana Informants -- Reflections on Oral History: Research in a Japanese American Community -- The Expeditions of Conjurers: Ethnography, Power, and Pretense -- Situating Locations: The Politics of Self, Identity, and "Other" in Living and Writing the Text -- Afterword: Musings from an Old Gray Wolf