Description
`Sara Delamont eloquently explores the impact of feminism on sociology and powerfully argues that it has been marginalised. A must read for all sociologists searching for a complete account of the development of the discipline' -
Emma Wincup, School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research, University of Kent at Canterbury`This is a model of what a textbook should be, for Delamont states what she intends to do, does it with clarity, summarises succinctly and provides interesting and pertinent references' - Sociological Research Online
This book explores the achievements of British feminist sociology in theory, methods and empirical research. It outlines the barriers to the development of feminism and explores contemporary challenges. It provides an unrivalled guide to the origins of feminism in the discipline of sociology, analyses the uneasy relationships between feminists and the founding fathers and elucidates the opportu
Review
`Sara Delamont eloquently explores the impact of feminism on sociology and powerfully argues that it has been marginalised. A "must read" for all sociologists searching for a complete account of the development of the discipline′ - Emma Wincup, School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research, University of Kent at Canterbury
Table of Contents
Introduction Of Silverbacks and Tree House When the Patriarchy Gets Worried Neither Young, Nor Luscious, Nor Sycophantic Developments in Feminist Sociology, 1968-2002 The New Forms Possible to Women? The Achievements of Feminist Sociology Organizing the Necessary Work The Question(s) of Method(s) Unconventional but Seething Were There Any Founding Mothers? The Brotherhood of Professors, Male All The Founding Fathers of Sociology Simply Invisible Feminist Sociology and the Malestream Making Fictions of Female Destiny Postmodernism and Postfeminism Prerogatives Usurped? Conclusions
