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Feminist research: definitions, methodology, methods and evaluation

¹University of Manchester, England.

Journal of Advanced Nursing

|March 1, 1993

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This review explores feminist research methodologies in nursing and beyond. It highlights unresolved paradoxes and dilemmas within feminist research approaches and evaluation criteria.

Area of Science:

Nursing Research
Social Sciences
Feminist Theory

Background:

Feminist research is situated within a post-positivist paradigm.
The paper reviews literature on feminist research in nursing and other fields.
Various definitions and methodological approaches are considered.

Purpose of the Study:

To review the literature on feminist research methodologies.
To evaluate interviewing and ethnography as suitable methods.
To examine attempts at establishing evaluation criteria for feminist research.

Main Methods:

Literature review of feminist research.
Critical evaluation of interviewing methods (Oakley, 1981).
Analysis of proposed evaluation criteria for feminist research.

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Main Results:

Feminist research employs a post-positivist paradigm.
Interviewing and ethnography are discussed as appropriate methods.
Criticism of Oakley's (1981) work on interviewing women is presented.

Conclusions:

Several paradoxes and dilemmas in feminist research remain unresolved.
The paper identifies ongoing challenges in defining and evaluating feminist research.
Further work is needed to address the identified complexities in feminist research.