Maithree Wickramasinghe

Feminist Research Methodology

Making Meanings of Meaning-Making

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines feminist research methodology, including its constituting methods, theory, ontology, epistemology and ethics and politics, and analyses research issues relating to women, gender and feminism in Sri Lanka.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Mai 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 331g
• ISBN-13: 9780415682121
• ISBN-10: 0415682126
• Artikelnr.: 40185211

Autorenporträt

Maithree Wickramasinghe received her PhD from the Institute of Education, University of London. She is currently a Senior Lecturer in the Department of English at the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. Her research has explored feminist critical theory and methodology, gender in organizations and workplaces, as well as women and gender in development.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Making Meanings Part 1: Methodology Matters 1. The Local
Context: Archaeology of Women's Research Activism 2. A Paradigm: Women - A
Paradigm in Global Knowledge Production Part 2: Aspects of Feminist
Research Methodology 3. Subjectivity: Reflecting on the Self as / in Making
Meaning 4. An Ontology: Research Realities in Meaning-Making 5. An
Epistemology: Making Meanings of Being / Doing Gender 6. A Method:
Literature Reviewing as Making Meaning 7. Theory: Making and Unmaking
Meaning in Theory 8. Ethics / Politics: Feminist Ethics / Politics in
Meaning-Making 9. Conclusions: Towards a Feminist Research Methodological
Framework - Making Meanings of Meaning-Making