Our studies, ourselves
Subtitle: sociologists' lives and work
By: edited by Barry Glassner and Rosanna Hertz
Contributors: Glassner, Barry; Hertz, Rosanna
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
Subjects: Sociology -- Research -- North America -- Case studies; Sociologists -- North America; Sociology -- Philosophy
Genres: Case studies
Notes: Includes bibliographical references
Table of contents: title: Studying the enemy / Kathleen M. Blee; title: Reflections on the intersection of research and politics in academia / Héctor L. Delgado; title: Working out class while studying elites / Susan A. Ostrander; title: World events and career experiences : a personal perspective / Mark S. Mizruchi; title: Searching for action research and teaching / William H. Friedland; title: From Vietnam till today / Howard Schuman; title: Making problems : reflections on experience and research / John Walton; title: My years in antipoverty research and policy / Herbert J. Gans; title: Unscripted : continuity and change in the gendered life course / Phyllis Moen; title: Confessions of an accidental sociologist / Arlene Skolnick; title: Writing as a democrat and a feminist / Jane Mansbridge; title: Decoding dichotomies and pushing the boundaries : a lifetime of research on women in the professions / Cynthia Fuchs Epstein; title: Resisting institutional capture as a research practice / Dorothy E. Smith; title: The ins and outs of othering / Barrie Thorne; title: Musician, sociologist, and hearing person : a crisis of identities / Robert R. Alford; title: Social-class tensions and value conflicts in the disability world / Gary L. Albrecht; title: In defense of foxes / Christopher Winship; title: Feminist fieldworker : connecting research, teaching, and memoir / Sherryl Kleinman; title: Feminism in the field / Jody Miller; title: Professional rebellions and personal researches, or, How I became bored with myself / Joshua Gamson; title: The body of knowledge / Shulamit Reinharz; title: My life in social movements : from 1960s activist to lesbian den mother / Verta Taylor