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Secrecy and Silence in the Research Process: Feminist Reflections
Contributor(s): Ryan-Flood, Róisín (Editor), Gill, Rosalind (Editor)
ISBN: 0415605172     ISBN-13: 9780415605175
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $56.04  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: October 2010
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BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory
- Social Science | Anthropology - General
- Social Science | Sociology - General
Dewey: 305.420
Series: Transformations
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.04 lbs) 336 pages
 
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Feminist research is informed by a history of breaking silences, of demanding that women's voices be heard, recorded and included in wider intellectual genealogies and histories. This has led to an emphasis on voice and speaking out in the research endeavour. Moments of secrecy and silence are less often addressed. This gives rise to a number of questions. What are the silences, secrets, omissions and and political consequences of such moments? What particular dilemmas and constraints do they represent or entail? What are their implications for research praxis? Are such moments always indicative of voicelessness or powerlessness? Or may they also constitute a productive moment in the research encounter? Contributors to this volume were invited to reflect on these questions. The resulting chapters are a fascinating collection of insights into the research process, making an important contribution to theoretical and empirical debates about epistemology, subjectivity and identity in research. Researchers often face difficult dilemmas about who to represent and how, what to omit and what to include. This book explores such questions in an important and timely collection of essays from international scholars.