Feminist Methodology for Family Studies  

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Thompson, Linda

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Marriage and the Family vol. 54 no. 01 (Feb. 1992), page 3-18.

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Perpustakaan PKPM Nomor Panggil: J43 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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Feminists disagree about the appropriateness of qualitative and quantitative methods for doing social science research. To push readers beyond a squabble about methods, I focus un more fundamental aspects of research methodology: agenda, epistemology, and ethics. I review the feminist literature on each of these aspects of methodology and consider the implications for methods. A feminist agenda for family studies includes experience embedded in broader context, the struggle to adapt to the contradictions of family life, a vision of nonoppressive families, diversity among women and families, and rethinking the discipline. Feminists grapple with the epistemological concerns of value-sustaining and politicized inquiry the connection between researcher and researched, women's experience as source and justification of knowledge, and the nature of truth. Feminists also face two prevailing ethical concerns: Whose interests are served by research, and how can the subjectivity and authority of research participants be preserved Both qualitative and quantitative methods must be adapted and elaborated to serve feminist family studies. An inclusive approach to methods is best, but we also should question the authority and glorification of quantitative methods.

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