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Writing the social : critique, theory, and investigations /

"This collection of essays, written by Dorothy Smith over the past eight years, is a treasure by one of the world's foremost social thinkers. In it, Smith turns her wit and common sense on the prevailing discourses of sociology, political economy, philosophy, and popular culture, at the sa...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Smith, Dorothy E., 1926- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, ©1999.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • pt. I. Critique. 2. Contradictions for Feminist Social Scientists. 3. Feminist Reflections on Political Economy. 4. Sociological Theory: Methods of Writing Patriarchy into Feminist Texts
  • pt. II. Theory. 5. The Ruling Relations. 6. Telling the Truth after Postmodernism
  • pt. III. Investigations. 7. Exploring the Social Relations of Discourse: Sociological Theory and the Dialogic of Sociology. 8. The Standard North American Family: SNAF as an Ideological Code. 9. 'Politically Correct': An Organizer of Public Discourse. 10. Texts and Repression: Hazards for Feminists in the Academy. 11. Conclusion.