Full Description
Fieldwork poses particular dilemmas and contradictions for feminists because of the power relations inherent in the process of gathering data and implicit in the process of representation. Although most feminist scholars are committed to seeking ethical ways to analyze women and gender, these dilemmas are especially acute in fieldwork, where resear
Contents
Situating Feminist Dilemmas in Fieldwork; (Diane L. Wolf. ); Understanding the Gender System in Rural Turkey: Fieldwork Dilemmas of Conformity and Intervention; (G nseli Berik. ); Skinfolk, Not Kinfolk: Comparative Reflections on the Identity of Participant-Observation in Two Field Situations; (Brackette F. Williams. ); Writing Ethnography: Feminist Critical Practice; (Carol B. Stack. ); Relationality and Ethnographic Subjectivity: Key Informants and the Construction of Personhood in Fieldwork; (Suad Joseph. ); Between Bosses and Workers: The Dilemma of a Keen Observer and a Vocal Feminist; (Ping-Chun Hsiung. ); Feminist Insider Dilemmas: Constructing Ethnic Identity with Chicana Informants; (Patricia Zavella. ); Reflections on Oral History: Research in a Japanese American Community; (Valerie Matsumoto. ); The Expeditions of Conjurers: Ethnography, Power, and Pretense; (Cindi Katz. ); Situating Locations: The Politics of Self, Identity, and Other in Living and Writing the Text; (Jayati Lal. ); Afterword: Musings from an Old Gray Wolf; (Margery Wolf.)
