Feminist activist ethnography : counterpoints to neoliberalism in North America

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    • Craven, Christa
    • Davis, Dána-Ain

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Feminist activist ethnography : counterpoints to neoliberalism in North America

edited by Christa Craven and Dána-Ain Davis

Lexington Books, c2013

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-255) and index

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Description

Writing in the wake of neoliberalism, where human rights and social justice have increasingly been subordinated to proliferating "consumer choices" and ideals of market justice, contributors to this collection argue that feminist ethnographers are in a key position to reassert the central feminist connections between theory, methods, and activism. Together, we suggest avenues for incorporating methodological innovations, collaborative analysis, and collective activism in our scholarly projects. What are the possibilities (and challenges) that exist for feminist ethnography 25 years after initial debates emerged in this field about reflexivity, objectivity, reductive individualism, and the social relevance of activist scholarship? How can feminist ethnography intensify efforts towards social justice in the current political and economic climate? This collection continues a crucial dialog about feminist activist ethnography in the 21st century-at the intersection of engaged feminist research and activism in the service of the organizations, people, communities, and feminist issues we study.

Table of Contents

Foreword: Navigating Feminist Activist Ethnography Faye Harrison Acknowledgments Introduction: Feminist Activist Ethnography Christa Craven and Dana-Ain Davis Part 1: The Intimacies of Feminist Ethnography 1. Border Crossings: Intimacy and Feminist Activist Ethnography in the Age of Neoliberalism Dana-Ain Davis 2. Learning Social Justice and Activist Ethnography from Women with Breast Cancer Mary K. Anglin 3. Feminist Ethnography with Domestic Violence Shelter Advocates: Negotiating the Neoliberal Era Jennifer R. Wies Reflection: Fearlessly Engaging Complicity Scott Lauria Morgensen Part 2: Feminist Ethnographer as Critic 4. Seeking "Marriage Material": Rethinking the U.S. Marriage Debates Under Neoliberalism Michelle Marzullo 5. Reproductive Rights in a Consumer Rights Era: Toward the Value of "Constructive" Critique Christa Craven 6. Fracturing Feminism: Activist Research and Ethics in a Women's Human Rights NGO Beth A. Uzwiak Reflection: Committing to Change Khiara M. Bridges Part 3: Disruptive Strategies 7. Negotiating Different Worlds: An Integral Ethnography of Reproductive Freedom and Social Justice Iris Lopez 8. Women, Food, and Activism: Rediscovering Collectivist Action in an Individualized World Tabitha Steager 9. Moving the Field: Young Black Women, Performances of Self, and Creative Protest in Postindustrial Spaces Aimee Cox 10. The Neoliberal Institutional Review Board, or Why Just Fixing the Rules Won't Help Feminist (Activist) Ethnographers Elizabeth Chin Reflection: The Work That Remains Gina Perez Closing Questions Christa Craven, Dana-Ain Davis and Faye Harrison References Index About the Contributors?

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