Further Readings and Resources
Suggested Feminist Studies
Holland, D. C., & Eisenhart, M. A. (1992). Educated in romance: Women, achievement, and college culture. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
This classic feminist ethnography examines African American and white college women's experiences with college culture and its norms of “romance and attractiveness” that influence their achievement.
Luttrell, W. (1997). School-smart and mother-wise: Working-class women's identity and schooling. New York: Routledge.
This study focuses on life stories of working-class women and their experiences with schooling as children and adults.
Lather, P., & Smithies, C. (1997). Troubling the angels: Women living with HIV/AIDS. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.
This book-length study provides an innovative example of feminist inquiry and discusses many of the dilemmas in conducting feminist research.
Romero, M. (2002). Maid in the USA. New York: Routledge.
This classic study of Latina domestic workers sheds critical light on the structural forces and intersections of race, class, and gender that shape women's domestic labor.
Other Suggested Readings
Jaggar, A. (Ed.). (2007). Just methods: An interdisciplinary feminist reader. Boulder, CO: Paradigm.
This edited collection of over forty essays introduces different areas of feminist methodologies and the conceptual linkages feminist researchers draw between social power and the creation of knowledge.
Reinharz, S. (with Davidman, L.). (1992). Feminist methods in social research. New York: Oxford University Press.
This text provides an early introduction to different feminist research approaches, including chapters on feminist interviewing, ethnography, and discourse analysis.
St. Pierre, E., & Pillow, W. S. (2000). Working the ruins: Feminist poststructural methods in education. New York: Routledge.
This edited collection offers a variety of essays on feminist methodology in education that are written from a theoretical perspective termed poststructuralism.
Tong, R. (2008). Feminist thought: A more comprehensive introduction (3rd ed.). Boulder, CO: Westview Press.
This text provides a broad introduction to feminist theories, with chapters on such topics as liberal, radical, and postmodern feminisms, which inform the practice of feminist research.
Visweswaran, K. (1994). Fictions of feminist ethnography. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
This text offers a series of theoretical essays and reflections that foreground issues of race, nation, and gender, and that challenge contemporary feminist ethnographic practices.
Organizations and Web Sites
American Educational Research Association (AERA)—Special Interest Group on Qualitative Research (SIG #82) (www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_jd=208&id=772)
This special interest group is affiliated with the largest educational association in the country (AERA). It supports scholarship on qualitative methodologies from a variety of perspectives and offers yearly presentation opportunities at the annual AERA conference.
Association for Feminist Anthropology (AFA) www.aaanet.org/sections/afa)
This organization supports the development of feminist scholarship in anthropology and promotes a variety of equity and human rights initiatives through the American Anthropological Association. The Web site has a variety of useful resources and links.
National Women's Studies Association (NWSA) (www.nwsa.org)
This organization supports feminist scholarship and the field of women's studies. In existence since 1977, NWSA hosts a yearly national conference and offers a variety of resources for scholars and activists.
Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS) (www.socwomen.org/)
This is an international organization of social scientists dedicated to improving women's position in society.