Liberating method: feminism and social research

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Acknowledgments Part I: Introduction 1. Becoming a Scholar: A Second-Generation Story Part II: What Is Methodology? 2. Talking Back to Sociology: Distinctive Contributions of Methodology 3. Institutional Ethnography: A Strategy for Inquiry Part III: Excavation 4. Talking and Listening from Women's Standpoint: Strategies for Interviewing and Analysis 5. Ethnicity and Expertise: Racial-Ethnic Knowledge in Sociological Research Part IV: The Self as Resource 6. Novel Readings: The Social Organization of Interpretation 7. Whose Science of Food and Health? Narratives of Profession and Activism from Public Health Nutrition Part V: Writing and Rhetorical Strategy 8. Women Write Sociology: Rhetorical Strategies 9. Metaphors of Silence and Voice in Thought (with Chrys Ingraham) 10. Speaking Up, Carefully: Authorship and Authority in Writing Part VI: Craft Knowledge of Research 11. From the Seminar Room: Practical Advice for Researchers Appendix A Appendix B Notes References Index List of Data for Sources in Chapter 6 Commentary on The Late Bourgeois World Readings for a Seminar on Feminist Methodologies