Institutional Ethnography - (Gender Lens) by Dorothy E Smith (Paperback)

About the Book

Prominent sociologist Dorothy Smith outlines a method of inquiry that uses everyday experience as a lens to examine social relations and social organization. This sociology from women's standpoints reveals the present but largely unseen social relations of everyday life. This ...

Book Synopsis

Prominent sociologist Dorothy Smith outlines a method of inquiry that uses everyday experience as a lens to examine social relations and social organization. This sociology from women's standpoints reveals the present but largely unseen social relations of everyday life. This will be a foundational text for classes in sociology, ethnography, and women's studies.

Review Quotes

Attractive and refreshing. It does not linger on methodological debates discussing reflexivity, but attempts to provide - in Smith's words - a subject position for the critical knower. Clearly written, Institutional Ethnography stands out as a readable but challenging book.

About the Author

Dorothy E. Smith is professor emerita in the Department of Sociology & Equity Studies in Education at the University of Toronto and adjunct professor, Department of Sociology, University of Victoria, BC.