Handbook of feminist family studies (Sage, 2009)
Title from title screen (viewed Apr. 2, 2010)
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
The Handbook of Feminist Family Studies demonstrates how feminist contributions to family science advance our understanding of relationships among individuals, families, and communities. Bringing together some of the most well-respected scholars in the field, the editors showcase feminist family scholarship, creating a scholarly forum for interpretation and dissemination of feminist work. The Handbook's contributors eloquently share their passion for scholarship and practice and offer new insights about the places we call home and family. The contributions as a whole provide overviews of the
pt. I. Feminist theory and family studies: Chapter 1: Reclaiming Feminist Theory, Method, and Praxis for Family Studies -- Chapter 2: A Feminist Critique of Family Studies -- Chapter 3: Theorizing with Racial-Ethnic Feminisms in Family Studies -- Chapter 4: Queering "the Family" -- Chapter 5: Postmodern Feminist Perspectives and Families -- Chapter 6: Transnational Intersectionality: A Critical Framework for Theorizing Motherhood -- pt. II. Feminist (re)visioning of "the family": Chapter 7: Gendered Bodies in Family Studies: A Feminist Examination of Constructionist and Biosocial Perspectives on Families -- Chapter 8: (Re)Visioning Intimate Relationships: Chicanas in Family Studies -- Chapter 9: Lesbian Parents and Their Families: Complexity and Intersectionality from a Feminist Perspective -- Chapter 10: Feminist Visions for Rethinking Work and Family Connections -- Chapter 11: (Re)Visioning Family Ties to Communities and Contexts --
- Chapter 12: (Re)Visioning Gender, Age, and Aging in Families -- Chapter 13: Examining African American Female Adolescent Sexuality within Mainstream Hip Hop Culture Using a Womanist-Ecological Model of Human Development -- pt. III. Feminist theory into methodology: Chapter 14: Nondisabled Sisters Navigating Sociocultural Boundaries of Gender and Disability -- Chapter 15: Working-Class Fatherhood and Masculinities in Contemporary Japan -- Chapter 16: Resisting Whiteness: Autoethnography and the Dialectics of Ethnicity and Privilege -- Chapter 17: Doing Feminist Research on Gay Men in Cyberspace -- Chapter 18: Engendering Family Past: 19th-Century Pro-Family Discourse through a Feminist Historical Lens -- Chapter 19: Feminist Methodology in Practice: Collecting Data on Domestic Violence in India -- Chapter 20: Discovering Women's Agency in Response to Intimate Partner Violence --