Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgments I. Introduction: Is There a Feminst Method? Sandra Harding II. The Social Relation of the Sexes: Methodological Implications of Women's History Joan Kelly-Gadol III. Introduction to Another Voice: Feminist Perspectives on Social Life and Social Science Marcia Millman and Rosabeth Moss Kanter IV. Bias in Psychology Carolyn Wood Sherif V. Woman's Place in Man's Life Cycle Carol Gilligan VI. Introduction Tomorrow's Tomorrow: The Black Woman Joyce A. Ladner VII. Women's Perspective as a Radical Critique of Sociology Dorothy E. Smith VIII. The Dialectics of Black Womanhood Bonnie Thornton Dill IX. The Family as the Locus of Gender, Class, and Political Struggle: The Example of Housework Heidi I. Hartmann X. Feminism, Marxism, Method, and the State: Toward Feminist Jurisprudence Catherine A. MacKinnon XI. The Feminist Standpoint: Developing the Ground for a Specifically Feminist Historical Materialsim Nancy C.M. Hartsock XII. Conclusion: Epistemological Questions Sandra Harding Index of Names

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Interrogates some of the classic essays from the last fifteen years of feminist social science literature

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"In this collection, Sandra Harding offers a broad spectrum of feminist research ... an incisive introduction ... With this collection, Harding offers an outline of possibilities to students and practicing social scientists whose questions lie outside the dominant traditions of inquiry ... " - Harvard Educational Review "The quality of the essays, plus that of the introduction and collection, commend this book to both the reader who would explore these issues and she/he who would know more." - Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease