At the center

Feminism, social science and knowledge

Vasilikie (Vicky) Demos, Marcia Texler Segal, Vasilikie Demos, Marcia Texler Segal

• Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited
• Year: 2015
• ISBN:
  9781785600784
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Gender Studies
• Index: Social Sciences

At the Center reflects on how the study of gender has changed and how studying gender has affected our research methods and our knowledge of the world around us. In honor of Bell Hooks' prophetic work, Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center, the volume considers how advances in gender research represent a centering of feminist knowledge and an understanding of the process by which feminist knowledge is constructed. A multinational group of contributors explore relatively new problems such as the integration of transgender study, traditional topics in so far as they incorporate current knowledge and methodological issues pertaining to the effects of research on the researcher and the researched as well as other epistemological matters associated with the construction of gender knowledge. Chapters reflect the strength of a range of qualitative methods including life histories and auto-ethnography and explore the ways that large sample quantitative analyses can enhance understanding of everyday dilemmas. The interdisciplinary nature of gender studies and the cross-pollination of theoretical perspectives are illustrated as is the globalization of gender theory, research and policies.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• At the Center: Feminism, Social Science and Knowledge
• Copyright page
• Information for Authors
• Contents
• List of Contributors
• Editorial Advisory Board
• At the Center: Feminism, Social Science and Knowledge: An Overview of This Volume
• Theories and Generation of Knowledges
• Research Methods
• Praxis and Pedagogy
• Historical Perspectives
• About the Authors