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Record Nr.

UNINA9910969987903321

Autore

Delamont Sara <1947->

Titolo

Feminist sociology / / Sara Delamont

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Sage, 2003

London : , : Sage, , 2003

ISBN

9786610370726

9781412931823

1412931827

9781280370724

1280370726

9780761972549

0761972544

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 195 p.)

Collana

New horizons in sociology

Disciplina

305.42/0941

Soggetti

Feminist theory

Sociology

Libros electrónicos.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.