Feminist Ethnography

I was so excited when the 1st edition of Feminist Ethnography was released that I created a Feminist Ethnography course at Spelman College that I have now taught four times since Spring 2016. Every semester, my students are incredibly enthusiastic about the book. They were very engaged with the material and inspired by the careful attention that the authors paid to ethical dilemmas and the role of activism in research. I am even more excited to teach the second edition of Feminist Ethnography, which includes more of a focus on social media, digital humanities, and a reflection on current social movements and struggles, and cites the latest cutting-edge scholarship in feminist ethnography. This text is a guidebook, a blueprint, and perhaps even a "Bible" for students and scholars who seek to do engaged, activist-oriented, feminist ethnographic research that will make a difference in the world. -- Erica L. Williams, associate professor of Anthropology, Spelman College and author of Sex Tourism in Bahia: Ambiguous Entanglements
Feminism is not one thing; ethnography is never static. Putting these together, the praxis of this text shows the power of working in community through a feminist lens to make research, theory and the world simultaneously better. This thorough examination of the thing called feminist ethnography paired with the multivocal examples that jump off these pages to give life to this rich, ethical practice show us why we continue to urgently need more feminisms. -- Michelle Marzullo, chair & professor, Human Sexuality department, California Institute of Integral Studies
This book is essential for any feminist student-researcher or aspiring ethnographer. The latest edition is especially helpful for its informative explanations of terms, their politics, and how to use them. -- Juno Salazar Parreñas, assistant professor of Science & Technology Studies and Feminist, Gender & Sexuality Studies, Cornell University