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Our Studies, Ourselves: Sociologists’ Lives and Work BARRY GLASSNER ROSANNA HERTZ, Editors OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS O U R S T U D I E S , O U R S E L V E S O U R E D I T E D B Y B A R R Y G L A S S N E R and R O S A N N A H E R T Z S T U D I E S , Ourselves SOC I O L O G I S T S ’ L I V E S A N D W O R K 3 2003 3 Oxford New York Auckland Bangkok Buenos Aires Cape Town Chennai Dar es Salaam Delhi Hong Kong Istanbul Karachi Kolkata Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Mumbai Nairobi São Paulo Shanghai Taipei Tokyo Toronto Copyright © 2003 by Oxford University Press, Inc. Published by Oxford University Press, Inc. 198 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10016 www.oup.com Oxford is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of Oxford University Press. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Our studies, ourselves : sociologists’ lives and work / edited by Barry Glassner and Rosanna Hertz. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-19-514661-1 1. Sociology—Research—North America—Case studies. 2. Sociologists—North America. 3. Sociology—Philosophy. I. Glassner, Barry. II. Hertz, Rosanna. HM578.N7 097 2003 301'.07'207—dc21 2002151655 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper A C K N O W L E D G M E N T S Without Dedi Felman, our editor at Oxford, this project would not have been completed, and we especially valued her close attention to and comments on every chapter. We are lucky to have worked with such an outstanding editor. We thank Jennifer Rappaport and our production editor, Robin Miura. We thank Margaret Centamore for compiling the initial chapters and Cherie Potts and Christina E. H. LaPointe-Nelson, who turned twenty-two separate files into a seamless manuscript. We thank Aryeh Rothman, who generously agreed to allow us to use his watercolor on the cover. Thanks also to our colleagues at Wellesley College and the University of Southern California and to our families for their support. Above all, we thank the authors of these twenty-two chapters for agree- ing to participate in this volume and for sharing so many insights into their lives and their work. This page intentionally left blank C O N T E N T S CONTRIBUTORS ix BARRY GLASSNER 1 Introduction 3 AND ROSANNA HERTZ I RACE AND SOC IA L C LASS KATHLEEN M. BLEE 1 Studying the Enemy 13 HÉCTOR L . DELGADO 2 Reflections on the Intersection of Research and Politics in Academia 24 SUSAN A. OSTRANDER 3 Working Out Class While Studying Elites 35 MARK S. MIZRUCHI 4 World Events and Career Experiences: A Personal Perspective 45 WILL IAM H. FR IEDLAND 5 Searching for Action Research and Teaching 59 HOWARD SCHUMAN 6 From Vietnam till Today 71 JOHN WALTON 7 Making Problems: Reflections on Experience and Research 79 HERBERT J . GANS 8 My Years in Antipoverty Research and Policy 90 I I G ENDER PHYLL IS MOEN 9 Unscripted: Continuity and Change in the Gendered Life Course 105 ARLENE SKOLNICK 10 Confessions of an Accidental Sociologist 115 JANE MANSBRIDGE 11 Writing as a Democrat and a Feminist 127 CYNTHIA FUCHS EPSTEIN 12 Decoding Dichotomies and Pushing the Boundaries: A Lifetime of Research on Women in the Professions 139 DOROTHY E. SMITH 13 Resisting Institutional Capture as a Research Practice 150 BARRIE THORNE 14 The Ins and Outs of Othering 162 I I I EVOLV ING ID ENT I T I E S ROBERT R. ALFORD 15 Musician, Sociologist, and Hearing Person: A Crisis of Identities 177 GARY L . ALBRECHT 16 Social-Class Tensions and Value Conflicts in the Disability World 193 CHRISTOPHER WINSHIP 17 In Defense of Foxes 202 SHERRYL KLE INMAN 18 Feminist Fieldworker: Connecting Research, Teaching, and Memoir 215 JODY MILLER 19 Feminism in the Field 233 JOSHUA GAMSON 20 Professional Rebellions and Personal Researches, or How I Became Bored with Myself 245 SHULAMIT RE INHARZ 21 The Body of Knowledge 253 VERTA TAYLOR 22 My Life in Social Movements: From 1960s Activist to Lesbian Den Mother 263 viii C O N T E N T S C O N T R I B U T O R S I RACE & SOC IA L C LASS 11 KATHLEEN M. BLEE University of Pittsburgh 12 HÉCTOR L . DELGADO University of La Verne 13 SUSAN A. OSTRANDER Tufts University 14 MARK S. MIZRUCHI University of Michigan 15 WILL IAM H. FR IEDLAND University of California, Santa Cruz 16 HOWARD SCHUMAN University of Michigan 17 JOHN WALTON University of California, Davis 18 HERBERT J . GANS Columbia University ix
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