268 - Section on Sociology of Sex and Gender Invited Session. Feminist Conversations and Sociological Paradigms: Have Sociological Subfields Changed?

Session Submission Type: Invited Session

Description

Has the prominence of the Gender Section and related gender scholars' networks increased the visibility of our research and/or translated into a mainstreaming of gender scholarship in sociology? Do gender scholars face obstacles publishing their work and finding mainstream audiences? Do they adapt their research and writing strategies depending on venue and audience? How has gender and feminist scholarship affected sociological subfields? Panelists representing a diverse range of subdisciplines were asked to reflect on the status of gender and feminist scholarship in their respective areas of expertise. The goal is to both compare across subdisciplines and to collectively discuss the state of gender scholarship in the larger discipline.

Sub Unit

• Section on Sociology of Sex and Gender

Session Organizer

• Orit Avishai, Fordham University

Presider

• Orit Avishai, Fordham University

Panelists

• Nina Bandelj, University of California, Irvine

• Hae Yeon Choo, University of Toronto

• Courtney Ann Irby, Loyola University Chicago

• Barbara Jane Risman, University of Illinois-Chicago

• Rhacel Salazar Parrenas, University of Southern California

• Viviana A. Zelizer, Princeton University

Discussant

• Christine L. Williams, University of Texas at Austin