The Everyday World As Problematic: A Feminist SociologyIn this collection of essays, sociologist Dorothy E. Smith develops a method for analyzing how women (and men) view contemporary society from specific gendered points of view. She shows how social relations - and the theories that describe them - must express the concrete historical and geographical details of everyday lives. A vital sociology from the standpoint of women, the volume is applicable to a variety of subjects, and will be especially useful in courses in sociological theory and methods. |
Contents
Introduction | |
Opening a Space for Our Speech | |
A Feminist Sociology | |
A Feminist Methodology | |
Research Strategies for a Sociology for Women | |
Researching the Everyday World as Problematic | |
Textual Politics | |
References | |
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