Feminist Ethnography: Thinking through Methodologies, Challenges, and Possibilities

✍ Scribed by Dána-Ain Davis, Christa Craven The College of Wooster

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Year: 2022
• Tongue: English, Dutch
• Leaves: 273
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Feminist Ethnography, Second Edition, is a cross-cultural and interdisciplinary text that 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.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Brief Contents
Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface to the Second Edition
How We Got Here: Serendipity and the Origin of Our Collaboration
About the Authors
Timeline

Introduction
Thinking Through This Text
Unique Features of This Book
Chapter 1: What Is the “Feminist” in Feminist Ethnography?
What Is Feminist Ethnography?
What Contributed to the History of Feminisms?
Reconsidering “The Waves”
The Time of Suffrage
Radical Movement Building
Expanding a Feminist Legacy
How Are Feminist Perspectives Categorized?
Conclusion
Suggested Resources
Chapter 2: Historicizing Feminist Ethnography
Who Were Some of the Early Contributors to Feminist Ethnography?
How Did Feminist Ethnography Mature between the 1920s and 1960s?
What Impact Did the Women’s Movement of the 1960s Have on the Next Phase of Feminist Ethnographic Production? (1960s–1980s)
What Interventions Came Out of Feminist Ethnography from the 1990s Through the Present?
Suggested Resources
Chapter 3: Debates and Interventions in Feminist Ethnography
Who Should Be Claimed as a Feminist Ethnographer?
Can There Be a Feminist Ethnography?
How Have Feminist Ethnographers Approached the Insider/Outsider Dilemma?
What Is the Role of Citational Politics in Feminist Ethnography?
Can an Ethnographer’s Personal Experience Be a Part of a Study?
How Involved or Engaged Should a Feminist Ethnographer Be?
Conclusion
Suggested Resources
Chapter 4: How Does One Do Feminist Ethnography?
How Should a Feminist Ethnographer Choose a Topic?
What Methods Have Been Useful to Feminist Ethnographers?
Participant-Observation
Ethnographic Interviewing
Oral History/Life History
Survey
Analysis of Cultural Material
Social Media Research
Ethnohistory
Participatory Research
Interpretive Communities
Conclusion
Suggested Resources
Chapter 5: Challenges for Feminist Ethnographers
What Logistical Constraints Arise in Feminist Ethnographic Research?
How Do Ethical Concerns Shape the Research Encounter?
How Can We Assess the (Potential) Impacts of Feminist Ethnography?
Conclusion
Suggested Resources
Chapter 6: Producing Feminist Ethnography
How Does One Write Feminist Ethnography?
What Creative Possibilities Exist for Writing and Circulating Feminist Ethnography?
Fiction
Parallel Writing
Autoethnography and Ethnographic Memoir
How Can We Make Feminist Ethnography Publicly Accessible?
How Do Feminist Ethnographers Engage in Creative and Artistic Projects?
Conclusion
Suggested Resources
Chapter 7: Feminist Activist Ethnography
What Does It Mean to Be a Feminist Activist Ethnographer?
What Should Feminist Activist Ethnography Seek to Accomplish?
Is Feminist Ethnography Inherently Activist?
What Forms Can Feminist Activist Ethnography Take?
Collaboration and Participatory Action Research
Social Media and Film
Serving as an Interlocutor
How Can Feminist Activist Ethnographers Reflect upon Our Practice?
Conclusion
Suggested Resources
Chapter 8: Thinking Through the Futures of Feminist Ethnography
Glossary
Bibliography
Index