Description
Book SynopsisCollected here for the first time are Elaine J. Lawless's key articles on the topics of reciprocal ethnography and women's narrative which influenced not only folklore, but also the allied fields of anthropology, sociology, performance studies, and women's and gender studies. Lawless's methods and research continue to be critically relevant in today's global struggle for gender equality.
Table of ContentsForeword / Amy Shuman
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Learning to Listen, Hear, and Include Women's Voices: The Genesis of Reciprocal Ethnography
1. Shouting for the Lord: The Power of Women's Speech in the Pentecostal Religious Service
2. Rescripting Their Lives and Narratives: Spiritual Life Stories of Pentecostal Women Preachers
3. Access to the Pulpit: Reproductive Images and Maternal Strategies of the Pentecostal Female Pastor
4. "I was afraid someone like you . . . an outsider . . . would misunderstand": Negotiating Interpretive Differences Between Ethnographers and Subjects
5. Women's Life Stories and Reciprocal Ethnography as Feminist and Emergent
6. Writing the Body in the Pulpit: Female-sexed Texts
7. Woman as Abject: Resisting Cultural and Religious Myths that Condone Violence Against Women
Appendix: Selected Publications by Elaine J. Lawless
Index
