- Department: Sociology
- Credit value: 20 credits
- Credit level: M
- Academic year of delivery: 2024-25
This module is designed to equip students with a variety of different skills necessary to undertake and present feminist research at postgraduate level and to gain an understanding of key methodological, epistemological, ethical and political issues in women’s studies. We address significant perspectives within women’s studies research, with the emphasis on: a) cross-national, and culturally specific research methods; b) interdisciplinary practice; c) the critical use of textual, visual and qualitative methods; d) issues of language and meaning in cross-cultural research; e) the identification of salient topics and appropriate methodologies.
Occurrence | Teaching period |
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A | Semester 2 2024-25 |
This module is designed to equip students with a variety of different skills necessary to undertake and present feminist research at postgraduate level and to gain an understanding of key methodological, epistemological, ethical and political issues in womens studies. We will address significant perspectives within womens studies research, with the emphasis on:
After successfully completing this course students should:
Task | % of module mark |
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Essay/coursework | 100 |
None
A sample from the portfolio will be read and commented on by teachers part-way through the module.
Task | % of module mark |
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Essay/coursework | 100 |
Provisional feedback (subject to external examiners' approval) is normally given by week 4 of the summer term.
Roisin Flood-Ryan and Rosalind Gill (eds.) Silence and Secrecy in the Research Process: Feminist Reflections London: Routledge, 2009.
Gayle Letherby Feminist Research in Theory and Practice Buckingham: Open University Press, 2003.
Jennifer Mason Qualitative Researching London: Sage, 1996. Practical guide.
Mary Maynard and June Purvis (eds) Researching Women’s Lives from a Feminist Perspective London: Taylor & Francis, 1994.
Richard Johnson, Deborah Chambers, Parvati Raghuram, Estella Tincknell (eds.) The Practice of Cultural Studies London: Sage, 2004.
Richard Rogers, Digital Methods Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 2013.
Beverly Skeggs (ed) Feminist Cultural Theory: Process and Production Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1995.