Feminist Sociology
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Feminist Sociology

  1. 216 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Feminist Sociology

About this book

`Sara Delamont eloquently explores the impact of feminism on sociology and powerfully argues that it has been marginalised. A "must read" for all sociologists searching for a complete account of the development of the discipline? - Emma Wincup, School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research, University of Kent at Canterbury

`This is a model of what a textbook should be, for Delamont states what she intends to do, does it with clarity, summarises succinctly and provides interesting and pertinent references? - Sociological Research Online

This book explores the achievements of British feminist sociology in theory, methods and empirical research. It outlines the barriers to the development of feminism and explores contemporary challenges. It provides an unrivalled guide to the origins of feminism in the discipline of sociology, analyses the uneasy relationships between feminists and the founding fathers and elucidates the opportunities and challenges presented by post-modernism. The book was written in the spirit of trying to be even-handed in its discussion of the various schools of feminism. It draws on a variety of empirical areas, from science to stratification and from healths and illness to the professions to illustrate the depth and vitality of feminist perspectives.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Acknowledgements
  4. Introduction: Of silverbacks and tree houses
  5. Chapter 1 - When the patriarchy gets worried
  6. Chapter 2 - Neither young, nor luscious, nor sycophantic
  7. Chapter 3 - The new forms possible to women? The achievements of feminist sociology
  8. Chapter 4 - Organising the Necessary Work: The question(s) of method(s)
  9. Chapter 5 - Uncovential but seething: Were there any founding mothers?
  10. Chapter 6 - The brotherhood of professors, males all: The founding fathers of sociology
  11. Chapter 7 - Simply invisible: Feminist sociology and the malestream
  12. Chapter 8 - Making fictions of female destiny: Postmodernism and postfeminism
  13. Chapter 9 - Prerogatives usurped? Conclusions
  14. Appendix 1: A critique of the orthodox histories of sociology
  15. Appendix 2: The autobiographical narratives
  16. Bibliography
  17. Index