Gender And American Social Science

Author : Helene Silverberg
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780691227689

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Gender and American Social Science by Helene Silverberg Pdf

This collection of essays provides the first systematic and multidisciplinary analysis of the role of gender in the formation and dissemination of the American social sciences in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Other books have traced the history of academic social science without paying attention to gender, or have described women's social activism while ignoring its relation to the production of new social knowledge. In contrast, this volume draws long overdue attention to the ways in which changing gender relations shaped the development and organization of the new social knowledge. And it challenges the privileged position that academic--and mostly male--social science has been granted in traditional histories by showing how women produced and popularized new forms of social knowledge in such places as settlement houses and the Russell Sage Foundation. The book's varied perspectives, building on recent work in history and feminist theory, break from the traditional view of the social sciences as objective bodies of expert knowledge. Contributors examine new forms of social knowledge, rather, as discourses about gender relations and as methods of cultural critique. The book will create a new framework for understanding the development of both social science and the history of gender relations in the United States. The contributors are: Guy Alchon, Nancy Berlage, Desley Deacon, Mary Dietz, James Farr, Nancy Folbre, Kathryn Kish Sklar, Dorothy Ross, Helene Silverberg, and Kamala Visweswaran.

Author : Beth B. Hess,Myra Marx Ferree
Publisher : SAGE Publications, Incorporated
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015009969711

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Analyzing Gender by Beth B. Hess,Myra Marx Ferree Pdf

Analyzing Gender is a major synthesis of current social sciences research on gender issues. This tightly edited collection of articles consolidates the current state of knowledge about the role of women in society. From a variety of disciplinary and theoretical perspectives, the contributors outline research findings relating to the issues facing women in contemporary society. Analyzing Gender will be an essential sourcebook for research on gender, sex roles and women's studies.

Author : Elizabeth H. Oakes,Kathleen E. Sheldon
Publisher : Santa Barbara, Calif. : Clio Books
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Social Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105216806856

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Guide to Social Science Resources in Women's Studies by Elizabeth H. Oakes,Kathleen E. Sheldon Pdf

Author : Ann Oakley
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2005-06-29
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781861346919

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The Ann Oakley Reader by Ann Oakley Pdf

This book contains selected extracts by feminist sociologist Ann Oakley, introduced with her own current reflections after 30 years of research and writing on sex, gender, housework, motherhood, women's health and social sciences.

Author : Sandra G. Harding
Publisher : Open University Press
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Feminism
ISBN : 0335155618

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Feminism and Methodology by Sandra G. Harding Pdf

"Appearing in the feminist social science literature from its beginnings are a series of questions about methodology. In this collection, Sandra Harding interrogates some of the classic essays from the last fifteen years in order to explore the basic and troubling questions about science and social experience, gender, and politics."--Book cover.

Author : Jennifer Marchbank,Gayle Letherby
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Sex role
ISBN : 1408244500

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Introduction to Gender by Jennifer Marchbank,Gayle Letherby Pdf

First Published in 2014. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Sue Rosenberg Zalk,Janice Gordon-kelter
Publisher : Westview Press
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1992-02-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015047724631

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Revolutions In Knowledge by Sue Rosenberg Zalk,Janice Gordon-kelter Pdf

Recent feminist research has set out to show the extent to which women and their contributions have been neglected or misrepresented in many disciplines in the humanities and social sciences. In this book, active scholars in the movement survey the impact of this work in their respective fields.

Author : Anne C. Herrmann
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2018-05-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429973901

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Theorizing Feminism by Anne C. Herrmann Pdf

In the past three decades, feminist scholars have produced an extraordinary rich body of theoretical writing in humanities and social science disciplines. This revised and updated second edition of Theorizing Feminism: Parallel Trends in the Humanities and Social Sciences, is a genuinely interdisciplinary anthology of significant contributions to feminist theory.This timely reader is creatively edited, and contains insightful introductory material. It illuminates the historical development of feminist theory as well as the current state of the field. Emphasizing common themes and interests in the humanities and social sciences, the editors have chosen topics that remain relevant to current debates, reflect the interests of a diverse community of thinkers, and have been central to feminist theory in many disciplines.The contributors include leading figures from the fields of psychology, literary criticism, sociology, philosophy, anthropology, art history, law, and economics. This is the ideal text for any advanced course on interdisciplinary feminist theory, one that fills a long-standing gap in feminist pedagogy.

Author : Virginia Sapiro
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages
Page : 628 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2002-08-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015063235256

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Women In American Society: An Introduction to Women's Studies by Virginia Sapiro Pdf

This interdisciplinary social science introduction to women's studies textbook (not a reader) provides a comprehensive investigation of the effects of gender on women's lives the United States. The text integrates the latest scholarship and research from a wide variety of disciplines including sociology, psychology, political science, education, history, economics, law, mass communications, and the health sciences.

Author : Robert M.A. Crawford,Darryl S.L. Jarvis
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2000-11-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0791491900

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International Relations--Still an American Social Science? by Robert M.A. Crawford,Darryl S.L. Jarvis Pdf

This book is a valuable evaluation of the propensity toward parochialism in international thought. It analyzes the implications in terms of how the "problems" of international relations, the theoretical tools constructed to deal with them, and the direction of theoretical debate often reflect the unconscious bias of the national domains in which these intellectual activities are conducted. It scans the breadth of the contemporary discipline, broadly attempting to take its pulse and assess the contours of its new diversity. Contributors include Pal Ahluwalia, Chris Brown, Molly Cochran, Robert M. A. Crawford, Roger Epp, Martin Griffiths, A. J. R. Groom, Teresa Healey, John M. Hobson, K. J. Holsti, Darryl S. L. Jarvis, Peter Mandaville, Mark Neufeld, Kim R. Nossal, Terry O'Callaghan, Jan Pettman, Tony Porter, James Richardson, Roger Spegele, and Michael Sullivan.

Author : Micheline R. Malson,Elisabeth Mudimbe-Boyi,Jean F. O'Barr,Mary Wyer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0226502961

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Black Women in America by Micheline R. Malson,Elisabeth Mudimbe-Boyi,Jean F. O'Barr,Mary Wyer Pdf

Emphasizing work that "frees our imaginations and allows us to conceive new theories, new language, and new questions," the collection seeks to establish the nature of Afro-American women's experiences while providing a theoretical framework for Black feminist thought. In essays that explore the intersection of work and family, socio-historical literature and critiques, and the relation of Black women to community life, contributors to this volume document Afro-American social and personal struggles and strategies. Individual essays examine family roles, job satisfaction, economic status, and women's traditions in the church. An eloquent introduction to the development of Black feminist thought, Black Women in America encourages the discussion of broader issues, such as the treatment of cultural diversity in American higher education.

Author : Dorothy Ross
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : History
ISBN : 052142836X

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The Origins of American Social Science by Dorothy Ross Pdf

Examines how American social science modelled itself on natural science and liberal politics.

Author : Daniel E. Bender
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2011-02-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9780801457135

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American Abyss by Daniel E. Bender Pdf

At the beginning of the twentieth century, industrialization both dramatically altered everyday experiences and shaped debates about the effects of immigration, empire, and urbanization. In American Abyss, Daniel E. Bender examines an array of sources—eugenics theories, scientific studies of climate, socialist theory, and even popular novels about cavemen—to show how intellectuals and activists came to understand industrialization in racial and gendered terms as the product of evolution and as the highest expression of civilization.Their discussions, he notes, are echoed today by the use of such terms as the "developed" and "developing" worlds. American industry was contrasted with the supposed savagery and primitivism discovered in tropical colonies, but observers who made those claims worried that industrialization, by encouraging immigration, child and women's labor, and large families, was reversing natural selection. Factories appeared to favor the most unfit. There was a disturbing tendency for such expressions of fear to favor eugenicist "remedies."Bender delves deeply into the culture and politics of the age of industry. Linking urban slum tourism and imperial science with immigrant better-baby contests and hoboes, American Abyss uncovers the complex interactions of turn-of-the-century ideas about race, class, gender, and ethnicity. Moreover, at a time when immigration again lies at the center of American economy and society, this book offers an alarming and pointed historical perspective on contemporary fears of immigrant laborers.

Author : Joyce McCarl Nielsen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2019-04-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429709821

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Feminist Research Methods by Joyce McCarl Nielsen Pdf

Feminist inquiry has affected the nature of research in ail the social and natural sciences over the past decade, but much contemporary writing on feminist methods simply offers a critique of traditional methods. This book, one of the first to offer a practical guide to conducting research informed by feminist methods, is based on the premise that abstract discussion of methodological issues is most meaningful and instructive in conjunction with examples of actual research. A comprehensive and far-reaching introduction defines feminist research and explains how it differs from traditional methodology in the social and natural sciences. In a beautifully clear style, Dr. Nielsen guides the reader through a number of philosophy of science, history of science, and sociology of knowledge issues that are fundamental to understanding the nature of scientific method in its traditional sense and the role of feminist scholarship in the larger intellectual movement that is transforming and redefining scientific methodology. Part One presents the best of feminist commentary on both feminist and traditional methods. Part Two consists of readings that illustrate particular feminist methods, including oral history, linguistic analysis, feminist anthropology informed by feminist literary criticism, and reinterpretation and reanalysis of empirical data from a feminist perspective. Substantive issues addressed in the readings include women's suffrage in the United States, women as shamans, sex differences in suicide rates, sex differences in cognitive abilities, gender dominance through conversation, gender and public policy, and public-private sphere dichotomies.

Author : Joan Wallach Scott
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 0231118570

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Gender and the Politics of History by Joan Wallach Scott Pdf

An interrogation of the uses of gender as a tool for cultural and historical analysis. The revised edition reassesses the book's fundamental topic: the category of gender. In arguing that gender no longer serves to destabilize our understanding of sexual difference, the new preface and new chapter open a critical dialogue with the original book. From publisher description.