Feminist Methodology

Journey into Social Activism

“…It is closely aligned with cultural studies in that both focus on the role of ideology and representations in the social construction of reality; it is also closely aligned with postmodernism as both note that theories and concepts from past research are fl awed as they have come from privileged positions in society. Feminist methodology is primarily concerned with illustrating the ways in which patriarchal structures have shaped the production of knowledge in the modern world, and subsequently marginalized and silenced the voices of women (e.g., Harding 1987;Hesse-Biber 2014b;Radeloff 2009); this methodology can be understood in terms of feminist standpoint theory (Naples and Gurr 2014). According to feminist scholars, a standpoint is a shared location that is constructed whenever people come to a common understanding about particular cultural positions; this location helps people to interpret texts and phenomena around them (e.g., Hartsock 1998;Harding 1993).…”

Journey into Social Activism

“…It is closely aligned with cultural studies in that both focus on the role of ideology and representations in the social construction of reality; it is also closely aligned with postmodernism as both note that theories and concepts from past research are fl awed as they have come from privileged positions in society. Feminist methodology is primarily concerned with illustrating the ways in which patriarchal structures have shaped the production of knowledge in the modern world, and subsequently marginalized and silenced the voices of women (e.g., Harding 1987;Hesse-Biber 2014b;Radeloff 2009); this methodology can be understood in terms of feminist standpoint theory (Naples and Gurr 2014). According to feminist scholars, a standpoint is a shared location that is constructed whenever people come to a common understanding about particular cultural positions; this location helps people to interpret texts and phenomena around them (e.g., Hartsock 1998;Harding 1993).…”