Feminist scholars have critiqued anthropology's traditional methods for perpetuating the oppression of women. Feminists adopted ethnographic research methods to give voice to women's experiences but encountered issues with representation and power dynamics between the researcher and subjects. The authors conclude that feminist scholarship and research methods must address these issues of representation, power, and social justice.

1. Feminist Methods -
Stacey
Lather & Smithies
Research Methods
Wednesday, 2/8/12

2. Stacey
What does she argue has been the relationship
between anthropology and feminism?
What does feminist scholarship mean?
Why did feminists turn to ethnography? What
problems does it encounter?
What does she conclude about her initial
question?

3. Lather & Smithies
What were the research methods?
What were the textual (or writing) methods?
What kind of model does this offer us?