Gender and Qualitative Research

176 Pages·1996·2.75 MB·English

by  Jane Pilcher (editor), Amanda Coffey (editor)

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Gender and Qualitative Research
Published in 1996, this book gathers together an original collection of papers
on gender and qualitative research. The contributors draw on a variety of
research methods and research settings to demonstrate the value of a qualita-
tive approach for studying gender related issues. Individual chapters include
discussions on participant observation, ethnographic interviewing, focus
groups and the analysis of documentary sources. The volume as a whole
reflects the wide range of gender focused work which is ongoing in Cardiff –
covering issues such as occupational cultures, violence, genetics and risk, the
life cycle and time.
This book was originally published as part of the Cardiff Papers in Qualita-
tive Research series edited by Paul Atkinson, Sara Delamont and Amanda
Coffey. The series publishes original sociological research that reflects the
tradition of qualitative and ethnographic inquiry developed at Cardiff. The
series includes monographs reporting on empirical research, edited collections
focussing on particular themes, and texts discussing methodological develop-
ments and issues.

Gender and Qualitative Research
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Gender and Qualitative
Research
Edited by
JANE PILCHER
Department of Sociology, University of Leicester
AMANDA COFFEY
School of Social and Administrative Studies
University of Wales, Cardiff
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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Gender and qualitative research. -(Cardiff papers ; 8)
1. Sex role -Research
I. Pilcher, Jane II. Coffey, Amanda, 1967-
305.3'072
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Contents
Notes on editors and contributors vii
A cknowledgements ix
Introduction 1
Jane Pilcher and Amanda Coffey
1. Masculinity in prison 6
Keith Carter
2. Coping with pit closure in the 1990s: Women's
perspectives 22
Bella Dicks
3. From 'honorary chap' to mother: Combining work in the
professions with motherhood 44
Janet Stephens
4. Childish things: Men, ageing and violence 61
Julie Owen
5. Chance to choice: Two generations of reproductive
decision making 77
Evelyn P. Parsons
6. In the company of other women: A case study of
menopause support groups 98
Trish Harding
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7. Focus groups, young people and sex education
Lesley Pugsley 114
8. Men and feminist research
Mark Jones 131
9. Time for feminist approaches to technology, 'nature' and
work
Barbara Adam 149
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Notes on editors and contributors
Barbara Adam teaches social theory and women's studies at the University
of Wales, Cardiff. She has published extensively on the social study of
time including Time and Social Theory (1990) (Polity) which was awarded
the Philip Abrams memorial prize and Time Watch (1995) (Polity) which
was awarded the J T Fraser prize. For the period 1994-96 she holds an
ESRC fellowship to research the complex temporalities of environmental
processes and their social impact. She is founder editor of Time and
Society.
Keith Carter completed his doctorate at the University of Wales, Cardiff.
His research was on the occupational culture of prison officers and included
an ethnography of a provincial prison setting.
Amanda Coffey is a lecturer in the Sociology at the University of Wales,
Cardiff. She has published in the areas of gender, occupational
socialisation and research methods. She is co-author (with Paul Atkinson)
of Making Sense of Qualitative Data (1996 Sage). She is currently working
on a new project on gender, sexuality and fieldwork.
Bella Dicks is a tutorial fellow at the School of Social and Administrative
Studies, University of Wales, Cardiff where she is carrying out doctoral
research into heritage representations of mining communities. She was
previously employed as a research assistant at Sheffield Hallam University
on the ESRC Management of Personal Welfare Initiative project 'Coping
with Pit Closure in Britain's Ex-Mining Communities', co-directed by Chas
Critcher and David Waddington.
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