Feminist Research Methodology
Making Meanings of Meaning-Making
Maithree Wickramasinghe author
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Published:2nd Nov '09
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
This book focuses on feminist research methodology, exploring and analysing its constituting methods, theory, ontology, epistemology, ethics and politics, and research issues relating to women, gender and feminism in Sri Lanka. The book examines ways of meaning-making for the political, ideological and ethical purposes of promoting individual and social change, and constructs an example of feminist research praxis.
Using this South Asian country as a case study, the author looks at the means by which researchers in this field inhabit, engage with and represent the multiple realities of women and society in Sri Lanka. In analysing what constitutes feminist research methodology in a transitional country, the book links local research practices with Western feminist approaches, taking into account the commonalities, distinctions and specificities of working in a South Asian context.
Engaging with and re-conceptualising three traditionally different types of research - women’s studies, gender studies and feminist studies - from a methodological perspective, Feminist Research Methodology provides a framework for researching feminist issues. Applicable at both a local and global level, this original methodological framework will be of value to researchers working in any context.
'Development and feminist scholars who are already familiar with debates around feminist methodologies will get the most out of this book. Within the feminist methodologies genre, however, this book is without doubt a welcome addition, addressing as it does several gaps in the literature to date, particularly the lack of voices from a Southern perspective.' -Gwendolyn Beetham, Gender Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK; Gender & Development Vol. 19, No. 1, March 2011
ISBN: 9780415494168
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 590g
230 pages